Two friends from the Saratov region defrauded a Smolensk businessman in the amount of more than 43 million rubles. To do this, one of them became a virtual girl, Yulia, with pictures of other people, fictitious family tragedies and endless financial problems.
Since 2021, scammers have been systematically extorting money from men. At first they played for mercy, then offered to invest in the allegedly profitable resale of land plots in the Stavropol region. To make the scam look convincing, the members staged complete telephone appearances: they introduced lawyers, officials and employees of inspection bodies, and changed their voices. When the money stopped coming in, a new legend was used; The non-existent Julia was diagnosed with a serious illness and urgently needed an expensive operation. The developer transferred more than 43 million rubles to them.
The court found both guilty of fraud on an extremely large scale). Each was given six years in a general settlement. The developer's claim was accepted in full; The fraudsters are required to recover all 43 million rubles.
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