A scheme for illegal access to accounts on the Gosuslugi portal has been uncovered in Russia, with an MFC employee being one of the defendants. According to the MVD, he helped restore access to other people's accounts for money, using his official position.
According to the cybercrime department of the MVD for the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, a 33-year-old native of Kabardino-Balkaria posted ads online offering to help restore access to Gosuslugi accounts.
For this, customers provided him with passport data, SNILS, and phone numbers of third parties. After that, the MFC employee, for a fee of about 300 rubles, effectively transferred access to other people's accounts.
One of the clients was a 36-year-old resident of Yekaterinburg. The investigation believes that through someone else's account, he issued a digital bank card in the name of a 54-year-old resident of Surgut, and then resold it to unknown individuals for 10 thousand rubles. Later, the new card owners tried to apply for an online loan of 70 thousand rubles.
The deal was thwarted thanks to a pre-set self-ban on loans.
During searches, police seized about 20 mobile phones, bank cards, and other items of interest to the investigation.
Criminal cases have been initiated against the suspects under articles on unauthorized access to computer information and attempted theft of funds from a bank account. The resident of Yekaterinburg has been arrested, and the former MFC employee is under a travel ban.
Against the backdrop of such schemes, Gosuslugi continues to strengthen account protection. Now, in case of suspicious activity, access to sensitive sections of the personal account may be restricted for 72 hours to allow the user to regain control of the account.
