Kazakh Citizen Detained in Yakutia in Phone Fraud Case
Photo: Russian MIA
A 34-year-old Kazakh citizen has been detained in Russia’s Republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, on suspicion of acting as a courier for phone scammers, Orda.kz reports, citing TASS.
The victim was a 57-year-old resident of Aldan. According to regional police, scammers posing as FSB officers told him that suspicious transactions had been made through his bank account and that money had been transferred to Ukraine.
They threatened him with prosecution for financing terrorism and offered to help “resolve the situation.” After learning that he kept cash at home, they instructed him to hand it to a courier, supposedly so it could be declared at a bank.
Under pressure, the man gave the courier 2.26 million rubles, approximately $26,000.
Police detained the suspected courier in a taxi at the Darkylakh ferry crossing in Yakutsk as he allegedly attempted to leave the region. Officers seized mobile phones and most of the money taken from the victim.
Police said the recovered funds would be returned to their owner after the necessary investigative procedures.
A criminal case has been opened over fraud, and the suspect has been remanded in custody while the investigation continues.
Original author: Raushan Korzhuymbekova
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