Fraudsters use children to search apartments

Phone fraudsters are increasingly using minors in their schemes, said the head of the 6th department of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow Denis Kovalenko.

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Phone fraudsters are increasingly using minors in their schemes, said the head of the 6th department of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow Denis Kovalenko.

So, during the call, they introduce themselves to the child by law enforcement officers, declare that the parents’ money must be declared, and force them to conduct a video search at home to then transfer the found to the courier. According to the police, the child is intimidated, saying that parents can be brought to criminal responsibility. “The child is asked to conduct a video search in the apartment, all the money found in the apartment is packed and transferred to unknown persons, that is, couriers,” Kovalenko said. The expert also stressed that children and adolescents from 9 to 14 years old are increasingly becoming victims of various fraudulent schemes.

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