В Санкт-Петербурге накрыли «ферму» телефонных аферистов

A telephone scamming ring was busted in St. Petersburg. Colleagues shut down a major communications center that handled over 3,000 fraudulent calls per day. A suspect who supported foreign call centers was detained. The suspect activated over 26,000 SIM cards from Russian operators. The criminal operated under the guise of a sole proprietor, officially signing contracts with telecom operators. Mechanics: Around 100 accounts were registered daily on messaging apps and social media to carry out the criminal schemes. The foreign handlers paid the accomplice in cryptocurrency. Thanks to the arrest, thousands of Russian citizens were protected from criminal calls.