In Naryan-Mar, a traffic police inspector was detained on suspicion of complicity with telephone scammers who extorted money from citizens on the pretext that their relatives had an accident. In this respect informs Baza Telegram channel.
According to him, on September 7, the police opened seven criminal cases for alleged fraud, the circumstances of the crimes turned out to be similar. The victims were women who received calls from unidentified people who reported that their relatives had been in an accident and needed money to help them. One gave 100 thousand rubles, the other was deceived for 140 thousand rubles.
In one of the episodes, 340 thousand rubles were received from the victim, and according to the investigation, the 27-year-old traffic police lieutenant took the money from him. On the same day, the police lieutenant was expelled from the internal affairs bodies and detained. He is under suspicion.
Previously a Volkswagen driver in Moscow passed by car the traffic police inspector breaking his neck.