The first criminal case under Part 3 of Art. 274.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the illegal use of a subscriber terminal for traffic routing has been initiated in Kuzbass. A 27-year-old resident of the Novosibirsk region is suspected, according to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Kemerovo region.
According to the investigation, the man rented three apartments in Novokuznetsk, where he created the appearance of living, and installed subscriber terminals — SIM boxes for working with a large number of SIM cards.
Using them, accomplices from other regions called citizens and, under the guise of employees of various organizations, persuaded them to transfer money to "safe accounts." The total damage amounted to more than 680 thousand rubles, residents of St. Petersburg, Kostroma, Novosibirsk and Kemerovo regions were affected.
During the search, six mini-stations, telephones, laptops and routers were seized from the detainee. The man was taken into custody, his involvement in fraud under Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation is being checked. The investigation is establishing other episodes of the criminal scheme and those involved.