In St. Petersburg, a 77-year-old pensioner lost 182 million rubles due to scammers

In St. Petersburg, a 77-year-old resident lost almost 182 million rubles and hundreds of gold coins. Lenta.ru was informed about this by the regional department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The pensioner became the victim of a large-scale fraudulent scheme. Over the course of several days, she received calls from unknown people who, under the pretext of having to “declarate” the money, convinced her to hand over her savings. She asked her son to give the couriers 77.3 million rubles, 120 thousand euros and 2 thousand dollars.

The criminals also took possession of a collection of five gold coins and 422 investment coins that belonged to a pensioner, with a total estimated value of 42.5 million rubles.

The police opened a criminal case under Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Fraud”). During operational search activities, criminal investigation officers identified one of the alleged participants in the criminal scheme - a 31-year-old resident of the Chelyabinsk region, and on the evening of September 29 he was detained at the Moskovsky railway station.

According to preliminary data, the man received an offer for a part-time job via messenger. He was given instructions to come to the specified addresses for money and valuables, which he left in caches and buried in places at coordinates from unknown curators.

He was remanded in custody until November 26. The police are establishing his involvement in other similar crimes and accomplices in the fraudulent scheme.