An 80-year-old researcher from Yakutsk gave almost 20 million rubles to fraudsters who attacked him for two months in the name of a security officer. During this time, they managed to defraud the man of 19.5 million rubles. The man handed over his personal savings in the form of silver and gold to the courier, the Republican Department of the Interior Department said. Criminal investigation officers are conducting an operational search activity. Photo: Natalia Moshinkina.

An 80-year-old researcher from Yakutsk gave almost 20 million rubles to fraudsters who attacked him for two months in the name of a security officer. During this time, they managed to defraud the man of 19.5 million rubles. The man handed over his personal savings in the form of silver and gold to the courier, the Republican Department of the Interior Department said. Criminal investigation officers are conducting an operational search activity. Photo: Natalia Moshinkina.