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Scammers pose as medical workers, collect pensioners' personal data under the pretext of free medications, and then 'FSB officers' persuade the victims to withdraw all their savings and hand over cash. The scheme is described in materials from Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Otabek YusupovAngela Tsirulnikova and Andrei Osnova filed appeals against the ruling of the Lefortovo Court of Moscow, which ordered them to pay more than 114 million rubles jointly and severally in favor of Larisa Dolina. The litigation took place against the backdrop of a suspended case against a defendant who left for the special military operation zone, and the Supreme Court's recognition of the apartment's ownership rights for the buyer.
Aziz KarimovUS President Donald Trump announced a $1 million reward for information about fraud in past elections or in the upcoming midterm elections on November 3 — provided the perpetrators are arrested and convicted. The announcement was made a week before the vote that will determine which party controls Congress.
Otabek YusupovNarmyasprom's commercial director Dmitry Vislobokov, accused of fraud in supplies of canned meat for the Ministry of Defense, has been transferred from a pre-trial detention center to the hospital of pre-trial detention center No. 1, Matrosskaya Tishina. His lawyer announced this. Three others have also been arrested in the case, and two have been put on the wanted list.
Aziz KarimovFraudsters convinced an 18-year-old girl to hand over her grandmother's savings under the pretext of 'declaration'. The money was collected by a 17-year-old college student who had been declared missing the day before. Police detained her and a 19-year-old St. Petersburg resident at an ATM: the scammers managed to transfer 25 million rubles, and 5 million was seized.
Aziz KarimovA court in the city of Xi'an sentenced He Jinbi, founder of the Chinese trading company Maike Metals International, to life imprisonment in a fraud case. According to Bloomberg, the court found that the company's actions created a risk of damage exceeding $1 billion for several Chinese banks. The verdict was not made public, and the businessman has filed an appeal.
Aziz KarimovRussia's Ministry of Internal Affairs has reported a new fraud scheme: callers pose as delivery service employees, claim there was a glitch in paying for an order, and extract bank card details or an SMS code under the guise of processing a refund. Mailings of fake pre-trial claims with malicious attachments have also been recorded.
Aziz KarimovConvicted of carousel VAT fraud, Aarif Patel from Preston stole over £33 million in public funds and attempted to steal up to £90 million. In 2023, he was sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison but has not served a single day. A confiscation order of £90.5 million issued in 2025 remains unenforced as Patel challenges it in the Court of Appeal. BBC uncovered a network of websites in Dubai portraying him as a successful businessman and philanthropist, though direct links to him remain unproven. Arif Patel of Preston, convicted of a VAT carousel fraud, stole more than £33m of public funds and attempted to steal up to £90m. In 2023 he was sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison but has not served a single day. The £90.5m confiscation order imposed in 2025 has not been enforced: Patel is contesting it in the Court of Appeal. The BBC has uncovered a network of websites building his image as a businessman and philanthropist in Dubai.
Aziz KarimovThe press center of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs told TASS that criminals use Telegram bots because they are easy to set up: bots conduct scripted dialogues, accept payments, and collect personal data and one-time codes. The Ministry of Internal Affairs emphasized that social engineering plays the main role.
Otabek YusupovKun.uz publishes the account of a victim of the online scheme run by PGM: promises of income for watching videos turned into mandatory deposits, including money taken from a disability pension.
Aziz KarimovFraudsters are mass-mailing Russians emails with fake pre-trial claims for millions of rubles. The attached documents contain malware that gives attackers access to devices and data. The MVD recommends not opening suspicious files and not succumbing to pressure from senders.
Otabek YusupovA High Court judge in London has allowed Selman Turk, who is accused of fraud, to call Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to give evidence. Turkish businesswoman Nebahat Isbilen claims that Turk misled her regarding a payment of £750,000 to the former Duke of York in 2019. Turk denies dishonesty; Andrew himself returned the money, and there is no suspicion against him.
Sevara AzamovaDubai Police arrested six members of a gang that used a fake online shopping website to collect bank card details and steal money from victims' accounts. Among the victims is a Dubai resident who lost savings accumulated over several years. The suspects were found in possession of victims' cards and chequebooks.
Sevara AzamovaAccording to the capital's Ministry of Internal Affairs, a 41-year-old Moscow resident hired a woman resembling his deceased neighbor to steal money from her account and register her apartment on Prospekt Mira in his name. Two million rubles were stolen from the account; the organizer was detained in Ramenskoye and taken into custody, while the accomplice left Russia.
Sevara AzamovaRoman Krastelev, coordinator of the Moscow branch of the LDPR, said that banning social networks and messengers will not protect teenagers from being drawn into criminal activity, since criminals will find other channels of communication. He called for focusing on identifying the organizers of recruitment and their financing, and also named signs of recruitment and the role of trust in the family.
Javlon TursunovOperation Serengeti III, conducted from June 29 to August 31 with the participation of 21 countries, led to the arrest of 1,462 people, the identification of nearly 66,000 victims, and the disruption of 10,909 malicious networks. Related criminal activity, according to Interpol, caused damage exceeding $385 million.
Javlon TursunovRussia's Interior Ministry warned that transferring prepayment for goods online guarantees neither receiving the order nor getting the money back. The ministry listed alarming signs of unscrupulous sellers: transfers to a personal card or anonymous payment services, suspiciously low prices, pushiness, and the lack of full contact details.
Javlon TursunovThe Presnensky Court of Moscow sentenced the former head of the Deposit Insurance Agency to 4.5 years in a general-regime colony, a fine of 900 thousand rubles, and ordered him to pay 4.2 billion rubles to the injured party. In the same case, former DIA Deputy Head Alexander Popelyukh was sentenced to four years of imprisonment. The case is linked to embezzlement involving the property of the Novosibirsk water park 'Aquamarine' and the company 'VDT Stroy'.
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