A woman in the Moscow region set fire to an apartment in Reutov at…

A woman in the Moscow region set fire to an apartment in Reutov at the instigation of scammers.

Consensus

A woman from Reutov was deceived by phone scammers into setting fire to her apartment.
The scammers claimed the apartment contained surveillance devices for Ukraine.
The fire did not spread significantly.
The victim realized she was being scammed and reported the incident to the police.
A 19-year-old woman from Oдинцов was arrested for assisting the scammers.
The 19-year-old was also a victim of a similar scam.
The 19-year-old collected money and keys from the Reutov apartment and was instructed to set fire to a mattress inside.
The 19-year-old received 200,000 rubles from the apartment and was later charged with fraud.
A case was opened against the 19-year-old, and a court imposed restrictions on her actions.

The victim was a 20-year-old woman from Reutov who received a call pretending to be from a medical facility for health screening. — riamo
The victim was told the surveillance devices were for transmitting information to the Ukrainian military (VСU). — vm
The victim was instructed to hand over keys to a second apartment and 160,000 rubles to a courier. — riamo
The victim's mother reported the crime after the daughter confessed. — vm
The 19-year-old courier was instructed to enter the second apartment, retrieve 200,000 rubles, and set fire to a mattress. — riamo
The 19-year-old courier also acted under the instruction of the scammers to set fire to the apartment and steal money. — vm
The article includes a separate anecdote about an elderly woman from Moscow who set herself on fire and previously set fire to a military recruitment office, both allegedly due to scams. — vm