Gang suspected of illegal banking with income of over one billion rubles was suppressed by Russian MIA
“Officers of the General Administration for Economic Security and Corruption Control of the Russian MIA together with the Investigation Department of the Russian MIA exposed an illegal cash-out scheme involving a network of mobile phone outlets and terminals receiving payments from citizens.
As was established, the organized group included over 8 persons. Beginning from 2013 the suspects conducted illegal banking transactions without registration through the network of mobile phone outlets and payment terminals located in Moscow, the Moscow Region and Saint Petersburg.
Funds received from citizens were not credited to special bank accounts in violation of the legislation, but were accumulated and provided in cash form to interested persons. The malefactors charged a 3.5% fee for their services. The income from the implementation of the above illicit scheme approximated one billion rubles.
The authorities initiated a criminal case on the detected fact subject to Part 2 Article 172 “Illegal banking” of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
Officers of the General Administration for Economic Security and Corruption Control of the Russian MIA together with the Investigation Department of the Russian MIA, the Division for Economic Security and Corruption Control of the Internal Affairs Administration for the Central Administrative District of the Russian MIA General Administration for Moscow, Federal State-Owned Enterprise “Forensic Center of the Russian MIA”, and Special Rapid Response Unit ‘BULAT’ of the Russian Guard carried out 36 searches in Moscow and the Moscow Region. The police seized more than 600 seals, computers, mobile telephones, draft records and documents of evidential significance for the criminal case, as well as cash in an amount of over 65 million rubles.
The court imposed a restraint in the form of house arrest on six organizers and active members of the gang.
The police continue implementing a complex of investigation and search measures aimed to decriminalize the credit and financial industry,” said the Russian MIA official representative Irina Volk.
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