Investigation Administration of the Internal Affairs Administration for the Southern Administrative District of the MIA General Administration for the City of Moscow completed the investigation of the criminal case against a man accused of theft of funds of citizens under the pretext of selling digital devices.

The investigation established that in December 2011, the offender registered as a seller at one of the sites selling different goods for subsequent  bidding. Bidding allowed buyers to specify their price for a lot, which could not be less than the previous rate, as a result of which the bidder who at the end of trading offered the highest price, became the winner. It should be noted one lot could include multiple units of goods.

Aiming to attract more buyers the offender submitted lots of goods for sale at deliberately underestimated prices and received cash from customers. However, in reality, the man did not have the goods, and was unable to provide them, and the money raised at the auction he appropriated and spent for his personal needs. Thus the attacker stole money of citizens totaling about 8 million rubles.

A criminal case on the facts of fraud was initiated against the detainee on September 2013. In February 2014 the man was detained. The Nagatinsky Dictrict Court selected the placement to custody as the preventive measure for the suspect.

Currently the offender received the final version of the indictment. The criminal case with the indictment approved by the Moscow prosecutor's office was sent to the Nagatinsky District Court of Moscow.

Press-Service of the MIA General Administration for the City of Moscow