Sverdlovsk region detained three suspects of embezzlement of money with the help of overspending of credited funds.
Employees of special unit "K" together with the Main Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Sverdlovsk Region detained three members of a cyber fraudulent group born in 1991, 1997 and 1998.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the group was allegedly engaged in theft of funds from one of the Yekaterinburg banks by unauthorized write-off of funds to pay for gasoline at gas stations in Yekaterinburg and the Sverdlovsk region.
The fraudulent scheme was as follows. The intruders lowered the fuel pistol into a refueled container or into the car's fuel tank, entered the amount required for refueling on the terminal display, equal to the amount of money on the card, and thus authorized the process of refueling. When gasoline began to flow, the scammers changed the account with a positive balance to an account without money through their personal account. In this regard, the bank was forced to allow an overdraft (overspending of credited funds) on the fraudsters' card and pay for refueling at its own expense.
The scammers sold gasoline to drivers, most often to taxi drivers, for half the price. This happened at gas stations with automatic payment terminals. With the help of the above-described scheme, which had never been encountered by the police before, the attackers stole more than 1 million rubles from the bank, having committed 30 facts of theft.
The investigative part of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region opened a criminal case on the grounds of corpus delicti, provided for in paragraph "d" of Part 3 of Art. 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Theft from a bank account"). The sanction of the article provides for the maximum punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to 6 years.
The judge of the Verkh-Isetskiy court chose a measure of restraint for the members of the criminal group in the form of house arrest for 2 months. Currently, the investigation is ongoing, additional episodes of theft are being established.
Employees of special unit "K" together with the Main Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Sverdlovsk Region detained three members of a cyber fraudulent group born in 1991, 1997 and 1998.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the group was allegedly engaged in theft of funds from one of the Yekaterinburg banks by unauthorized write-off of funds to pay for gasoline at gas stations in Yekaterinburg and the Sverdlovsk region.
The fraudulent scheme was as follows. The intruders lowered the fuel pistol into a refueled container or into the car's fuel tank, entered the amount required for refueling on the terminal display, equal to the amount of money on the card, and thus authorized the process of refueling. When gasoline began to flow, the scammers changed the account with a positive balance to an account without money through their personal account. In this regard, the bank was forced to allow an overdraft (overspending of credited funds) on the fraudsters' card and pay for refueling at its own expense.
The scammers sold gasoline to drivers, most often to taxi drivers, for half the price. This happened at gas stations with automatic payment terminals. With the help of the above-described scheme, which had never been encountered by the police before, the attackers stole more than 1 million rubles from the bank, having committed 30 facts of theft.
The investigative part of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region opened a criminal case on the grounds of corpus delicti, provided for in paragraph "d" of Part 3 of Art. 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Theft from a bank account"). The sanction of the article provides for the maximum punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to 6 years.
The judge of the Verkh-Isetskiy court chose a measure of restraint for the members of the criminal group in the form of house arrest for 2 months. Currently, the investigation is ongoing, additional episodes of theft are being established.