Employees of the economic units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia liquidated a large criminal network of shadow bankers, consisting of more than 50 people, who promoted illegal operations with cryptocurrencies and P2P processing through social networks and Telegram. This was announced by the head of the Main Directorate of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Andrei Kurnosenko.
The group members actively promoted illegal schemes for buying and selling cryptocurrencies and using P2P platforms without the participation of exchanges. Kurnosenko emphasized that the transfer of payment cards or data to access personal accounts to third parties violates bank service agreements and is illegal.
Last week, operational search activities were carried out in Moscow and Chelyabinsk against members of the criminal network. 14 people were detained, while the total number of participants exceeds 50. It also turned out that more than 10 thousand people were involved in the illegal scheme.
To organize the work, the criminal group used specialized software that connected clients with participants who provided their payment instruments. In addition to Telegram channels, this software helped coordinate illegal payment transactions.
Such schemes pose a significant threat to financial security. Their suppression was an important step in the fight against shadow banking operations and illegal cryptocurrency circulation in Russia.
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