The police approached the accomplices of the fraudsters on the phone with a heavy hammer.
In Moscow, police broke down the office door of a crypto exchange with a heavy hammer and arrested the workers inside. This was reported at the main office of the Ministry of Interior in the capital. The operation took place after telephone thieves defrauded a 73-year-old pensioner for 13.3 million rubles under the pretext of "hacking into state services". First, the agents arrested a 22-year-old messenger, to whom the woman transferred the money. He led the police to crypto exchanges. Four employees were arrested at the offices, the fifth at the airport while trying to leave Moscow. During the searches, more than 5 million rubles and documents on cryptocurrency transactions were found. A criminal case of fraud was opened. Five employees of crypto exchanges were arrested, and the courier is out on bail.