Representatives of the Main Investigation Department of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Moscow, together with operatives of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department, detained 18 suspects in auto loan fraud.
Eleven Moscow banks were affected by the activities of a large criminal group. This was announced in her social networks by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Irina Volk.
It was preliminarily established that from 2021 to 2022, the attackers applied to financial organizations for car loans. At the same time, they provided fake documents confirming their employment and income level. The funds received were used to purchase expensive cars, but the fraudsters did not intend to fulfill their obligations to repay the loans. They resold cars in other regions of Russia and in neighboring countries. More than 20 crimes have been documented, as a result of which 11 banks suffered damage in the amount of over 100 million rubles.
A criminal case has been initiated on the grounds of crimes under articles 159 (“Fraud”) and 210 (“Organization of a criminal community”) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Various preventive measures have already been chosen for the detainees, and two more defendants have been put on the federal wanted list.
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