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The Investigative Committee said charges had been brought against 28 suspects in a criminal case involving a fraudulent call center whose operations were shut down in April last year.
A total of 82 victims, mostly elderly people, have been identified in the case. The damage amounted to more than 2 million rubles.
The call center operated under the guise of international companies.
According to investigators, an organized group created a network of fake brokerage platforms, copied the style of real companies and defrauded foreign nationals by promising “guaranteed income.” The group used forged documents, CRM systems, IP telephony and psychological pressure, including urgency, intimidation, “special operations” and fictitious checks.
“In reality, the so-called earnings existed only as a carefully constructed illusion. Using specialized software, the perpetrators simulated the operation of trading services, created pseudo-charts and displayed “capital growth,” while maintaining full control over the image the person saw on the screen”, the Investigative Committee said.
Assets belonging to the defendants worth about 2 million rubles have been seized. They have also reimbursed more than 140,000 rubles.
Charges under Part 4 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code (fraud committed by an organized group on an especially large scale) have been brought against 28 organizers and participants aged between 23 and 56.