The police are on the trail of criminals who organized illegal migration and used the apartments of the dead for this purpose.
The details of the high-profile case are reported by the press service of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for Moscow on its Telegram channel.
Law enforcement officers have identified members of a gang that has been active since at least September 2023.
The criminals found apartments in Moscow whose owners had died, and then moved foreigners into them.
In total, more than 150 real estate properties in the Russian capital were used for this purpose.
The police detained the leader of the group and one of the gang members. Searches were conducted at their residential addresses.
An investigation is underway into two episodes of illegal activity: fraud and organizing illegal migration.
Law enforcement officials have yet to establish the exact number of gang members.
