A cross-border group with a turnover of 200 million rubles was stopped in Moscow
In Moscow, law enforcers have stopped the illegal banking activities of a cross-border group, which was withdrawing money abroad in the form of cryptocurrency with the extraction of income on a particularly large scale. This was reported on September 23 by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Irina Volk in her Telegram-channel.
It is preliminarily established that the attackers carried out cashing and transfer services, also carried out cash services, sale of foreign currency in cash and non-cash forms, including through electronic payments. They also helped to withdraw money in the form of cryptocurrency outside the Russian Federation using crypto wallets. In reality, these activities were not carried out.
The fraudsters operated under the guise of a travel company with offices in the business center on Presnenskaya Embankment and other areas of Moscow. For each transaction, a commission of at least 1% of the transfer amount was charged. Preliminarily, the illegal turnover exceeded 200 million rubles.
The office premises were searched. A criminal case was opened under Article 172 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Illegal banking activity"). The organizer of the criminal group has been charged, and a measure of restraint in the form of a covenant not to leave has been chosen.
Identification of all accomplices in the crimes is ongoing.
Earlier, on September 19, the Federal Security Service (FSB) detained the participants of the criminal group, which earned 60 million rubles for the organization of illegal transit of natives of African countries from Russia to the European Union. The organizer of the OCG, a citizen of Nigeria, who was a senior lecturer at the engineering academy of PFUR named after P. Lumumba, was detained. Twenty-five searches were conducted, and three Russian citizens were handed over to police officers in the Vladimir region, who had been illegally held and exploited by the perpetrators for a long time.
