A case was opened in Moscow after a former employee of the Canadian consulate was deceived
Fraudsters and a local police officer convinced an 81-year-old pensioner to sell her apartment for 15 million rubles
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- A criminal case has been opened in Moscow after a large-scale fraud against an 81-year-old former employee of the Canadian consulate.
- The district police officer and accomplices convinced the pensioner to sell her apartment for 15 million rubles, allegedly for a special operation.
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Why It Matters
Elderly people are often victims of scammers using scams involving fake law enforcement officials.
A case was opened in Moscow after a former employee of the Canadian consulate was deceived. This was reported by the Baza Telegram channel.
According to the channel, a local police officer came to meet the 81-year-old former employee of the Canadian consulate, and the next day an unknown person called the victim and demanded 400 thousand rubles, threatening her with violence.
The victim turned to yesterday's visitor and the fake policeman promised to help. To make the arrest, he offered to hand over the required funds himself. But the operation failed and they demanded another apartment from the pensioner. After this, the district police officer convinced the woman to formalize a “fictitious” sale of her real estate worth 15 million rubles, allegedly to conduct a new special operation.
After the transaction, the woman was settled in a rented apartment, and her things were taken to the “warehouse of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.” More pensioners took part in the scheme, one of whom donated her apartment to her, the other acted as a courier and took the money.
Later, after the disappearance of the local police officer, it turned out that the apartment given to the pensioner also appears in other materials and has already been arrested. A criminal case has been initiated on this fact.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Investigation of the criminal case and identification of all participants in the scheme
Very likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- Where is the suspected local police officer?
- What is the role of other pensioners in the criminal scheme?




