Police detain SIM-box operator in Moscow Oblast
Police in Moscow Oblast detained a 20-year-old man from Ivanovo Region who operated SIM-boxes for phone fraud, following an investigation into a network using rented apartments to route scam calls and messages from Russian numbers.
Consensus
- A 20-year-old man from Ivanovo Oblast was detained in Oдинцово, Moscow Oblast.
- He operated SIM-boxes used for phone fraud.
- The devices converted internet traffic into mobile network signals.
- The suspect was found in a rented apartment on Kutuzovsky Avenue.
- Police discovered a laptop, mobile phones, over 1,000 SIM cards, and two SIM-boxes at the first location.
- Three additional GSM gateways and over 100 SIM cards were found in another rented apartment.
- An investigation was launched, and a criminal case was opened.
- The suspect had previously been convicted.
- The suspect was assigned a preventive measure: a ban on certain actions.
Points of divergence
- The suspect was arrested during operational-search activities in Oдинцово and detained at a rental apartment on Kutuzovsky Avenue. — vm
- The suspect was found through a job offer in a messenger app in April, and the operation involved cooperation between police and FSB. — vesti
- The investigation into SIM-box operations in Moscow has already been completed by the Investigative Committee. — vm
- The police are still investigating the full scale of crimes linked to this scheme and searching for other participants. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Police detained in Moscow region operator of SIM-boxes for fraud — Вечерняя Москва
- In the Moscow region, an operator of SIM-boxes for fraudulent calls has been detained — Вести