Couple Defrauded of 3.5M RUB in Phone Scam

Moscow, Sept 7. In Orekhovo-Zuyevo, police officers detained a courier for fraudsters who tricked a family couple out of 3.5 million rubles.

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A couple from Orehovo-Zuyevo were defrauded of 3.5 million Russian rubles by phone scammers.
The scammers instructed the couple to transfer money to couriers posing as 'cashiers'.
The couple handed over the money in multiple installments near their home.
The couple reported the crime to the police after the scammers demanded more money.
Police arrested a 25-year-old man from Khanty-Mansiysk during a sting operation.
The suspect was caught while attempting to collect a 1.5 million ruble payment, but received a dummy payment instead.
The suspect had previously collected over one million rubles from the same couple.
A criminal case was opened against the suspect for fraud in an especially large amount.
The suspect was sent to pre-trial detention.
Police are investigating other participants in the scheme and checking if the suspect is linked to other similar crimes.

The suspect is a 25-year-old resident of Khanty-Mansiysk who previously collected over one million rubles from victims. — vm
The suspect claims he was also a victim of the same scam and was instructed by supervisors to transfer stolen funds into cryptocurrency. — vesti
Another courier, a jobless Moscow resident, was previously arrested for stealing 800,000 rubles in gold from a pensioner in the Moscow region. — vm
The suspect was arrested while attempting to collect 1.5 million rubles, which was a dummy payment. — vesti