St. Police in St. Petersburg detained a gang of car mechanics who crashed a luxury Mercedes-Benz car and extorted money from other drivers. In this respect reported On the Telegram channel of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
One of the fake crashes occurred in August 2021, when attackers in a car forced the 67-year-old driver of a Skoda Fabia to brake hard and a Mercedes driver driving behind simulated a tangential collision with the Skoda. During the conflict, the man was defrauded of 400 thousand rubles.
Those who got out of the Mercedes introduced themselves as the son of an influential man and his driver. They accused the pensioner of breaking the mirror of his already damaged car. During the argument with the driver, they scratched the body of his car with sandpaper to imitate crash marks.
“In order to intimidate the victim, they called his so-called acquaintances who worked in government institutions, insurance companies and auto repair shops. However, in each case, another member of the organized group answered the phone and subtly changed his voice,” the police report states.
The police found and detained four suspects and found that they were involved in four fraud cases amounting to 1 million rubles. According to operational data, men have traffic accidents almost every day during the summer months.
Previously it was known that Muscovites become Use cars less.