Police Detain Remote Fraud Suspects in Moscow and Primorye

Officials describe a scheme impersonating police that used couriers and forged documents as the probe expands.

Overview

Four suspected facilitators were detained in Moscow and the Moscow region, including two recruiters, a courier, and a recorder.
Police arrested one suspect on Izmailovskaya Square in the capital and three others at their residences in the region.
A criminal case under Part 4 of Article 159 is active, with three suspects in custody and one under travel restrictions, carrying potential penalties of up to 10 years.
Investigators detailed cases in which a Moscow resident handed over 350,000 rubles and a Reutov pensioner surrendered more than 500,000 after calls from impostors posing as officers.
In Primorye, police detained a 72-year-old courier who had been victimized, returned seized funds to an owner, and arrested an 18-year-old organizer who confessed to schemes causing 4.5 million rubles in losses.