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Moscow student loses 1.5 million rubles in cash, jewelry to scammers asking her to vote
A school student in Moscow handed over her mother's cash and jewelry to a courier working for scammers who asked her to vote. Police detained the 19-year-old courier.
A school student in Moscow handed over her mother's cash and jewelry to a courier working for scammers who called her and asked her to vote. According to a statement from the press service of the Moscow Main Directorate of the Russian Interior Ministry, the girl put the money and her mother's jewelry in a bag and gave it to a stranger in front of a building on Popov Proezd.
The loss in the incident exceeded 1.5 million rubles. Police teams detained the 19-year-old courier in Khimki, near Moscow. It was established that the suspect pawned the jewelry and transferred all the money he obtained to the individuals directing him via a cryptocurrency wallet.
A criminal case was opened in connection with the incident under Part 4 of Article 159 (fraud) of the Russian Criminal Code.
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