In St. Petersburg, the number of frauds involving couriers increased by a third. In St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, in January-September 2026, 4,133 fraud crimes involving couriers were registered. Compared to the same period last year, the number of these crimes increased by 973 cases, or 30.8%, Anton Gorshkov, head of the second department of the control and methodology department of the main directorate of the Ministry of Interior for the city and region, told reporters. We are talking about cases where money from defrauded citizens is taken by middlemen who reach them. Currently, fraudsters increasingly prefer to take cash and then withdraw funds abroad in cryptocurrency. During the nine months of this year, 657 criminal cases against racketeers were sent to the courts of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, which is 34% more than a year earlier. Read more in the material on our website. Telegram knowledge | maximum.

In St. Petersburg, the number of frauds involving couriers increased by a third. In St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, in January-September 2026, 4,133 fraud crimes involving couriers were registered. Compared to the same period last year, the number of these crimes increased by 973 cases, or 30.8%, Anton Gorshkov, head of the second department of the control and methodology department of the main directorate of the Ministry of Interior for the city and region, told reporters. We are talking about cases where money from defrauded citizens is taken by middlemen who reach them. Currently, fraudsters increasingly prefer to take cash and then withdraw funds abroad in cryptocurrency. During the nine months of this year, 657 criminal cases against racketeers were sent to the courts of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, which is 34% more than a year earlier. Read more in the material on our website. Telegram knowledge | maximum.