They worked in the interests of the Ukrainian special services: organized crime group members were detained in Crimea

In Crimea and on the territory of Sevastopol, eight members of the organized criminal group were detained, who, in the interests of the Ukrainian special services, installed and configured sim boxes. With their help, fraudsters stole money from Russians. This was reported today, July 6, in the press service of the FSB department.

"The coordinator of the organized criminal group was detained in Sevastopol, and seven performers were detained on the territory of the Crimean Peninsula. It is established that the defendants in the case provided fraudsters with communication channels. They rented apartments in Sevastopol and other cities of the Crimea, where they placed SIM boxes and set up subscriber communication terminals for the transit of calls and number substitution," the report says.

The involvement of the detainees in at least 16 episodes of embezzlement of funds from Russians has been proven. The issue of qualification of the coordinator's actions on the grounds of the article on high treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), which provides for punishment up to life imprisonment, is also being considered, the FSB clarified.

The members of the group were charged with illegal use of a subscriber terminal for traffic or virtual telephone communication (part 3 of Article 274.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).