{"id":38914,"date":"2021-03-15T11:32:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T09:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=38914"},"modified":"2025-08-30T07:00:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T04:00:42","slug":"accused-of-stealing-residents-bank-card-funds-he-moved-part-of-the-money-into-cryptocurrencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/accused-of-stealing-residents-bank-card-funds-he-moved-part-of-the-money-into-cryptocurrencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Accused of stealing residents&#8217; bank card funds, he moved part of the money into cryptocurrencies."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">An inhabitant of Sverdlovsk Oblast has been charged with involvement in an organised criminal group that stole funds from bank cards. Part of the stolen money he transferred into cryptocurrencies and handed to the organiser of the criminal group.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">As reported by <\/span><a href=\\\"http:\/\/urbc.ru\/1068102171-sud-v-ekaterinburge-rassmotrit-ugolovnoe-delo-o-hischenii-deneg-s-bankovskih-kart-zhiteley-semi-regionov-rf.html\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">local media<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">, citing the prosecutor&#8217;s office, the perpetrators posed as bank employees and, deceiving the victims, obtained information about bank card numbers, security codes and passwords.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The stolen funds were transferred by members of the group to other cards and used to purchase electronics or jewellery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The accused said in the interrogation that after selling the goods purchased with the victims&#8217; funds, he kept 25-30% of the proceeds for himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">With the remaining funds he bought cryptocurrency, which he transferred to the organiser of the criminal group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Residents of Sverdlovsk, Tula, Kirov, Tver, Tambov, Vologda regions and the Republic of Mari El were affected by the criminals&#8217; actions. The damage amounted to more than 592,000 rubles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">A criminal case has been opened for theft committed by an organised group, causing substantial damage. The case will be heard by a court in Yekaterinburg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Earlier, Moldovan police identified the identities of two members of the criminal group who stole funds from citizens&#8217; bank cards and <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/moldova-arrests-members-of-organised-crime-group-over-bitcoin-fraud\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">laundered them through cryptocurrency<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full feed of news, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An inhabitant of Sverdlovsk Oblast was charged with involvement in an organised criminal group that stole funds from bank cards. 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