Alaudinov spoke about scammers posing as Akhmat special forces soldiers
The scammers presented themselves as soldiers of the Akhmat special forces and were able to earn money for an expensive car by deception. The unit commander, Major General Apti Alaudinov, spoke about this in his Telegram channel.
“Under the fictitious pretext of material need for the Akhmat special forces and the need for urgent assistance, the scammers sold various technical equipment,” he pointed out. By misleading citizens, the attackers earned “a lot of money,” Alaudinov added.
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He emphasized that these swindlers have nothing to do with Akhmat. “The Akhmat special forces have never been and will not be involved in commerce, either directly or indirectly,” Alaudinov noted, explaining that this unit is one of the most wealthy military units of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Seven gypsies turned out to be scammers
Fraudsters posing as Akhmat special forces soldiers were detained in Stary Oskol, the Telegram channel “Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring” found out. It is noted that the swindlers turned out to be gypsies. Volunteers managed to track them down, who then called the Akhmat special forces from Belgorod. “7 people in 7 cars were detained. The detainees and property were handed over to employees of the Russian Guard,” the publication says.
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The footage attached to the publication shows how the swindlers were laid on the ground. To prevent them from escaping, their hands were tied with duct tape. One of them tried to shield himself by saying that he wears camouflage and special operation symbols as work clothes.
In the video published by Alaudinov, two scammers confessed to their crime. According to one of them, they sold generators and construction equipment, posing as Akhmat fighters.
Fraudsters scam millions of rubles under the guise of Northern Military District veterans
Earlier it was reported that in St. Petersburg, a 29-year-old man posed as a veteran of a special military operation (SVO) and defrauded a woman of a large sum of money. The fraudster voluntarily came to the police and confessed to his crime. The man said that he met a 34-year-old woman and, realizing that she was financially prosperous, under the guise of an SVO soldier, he asked her for money “for a trial against the Ministry of Defense.” A month later, he again turned to his friend for money, allegedly to obtain a certificate of disability, treatment and continue litigation. The swindler took money from the woman in amounts ranging from 160 thousand to two million rubles. In total, she gave him about four million rubles.
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It also became known that scammers began to lure money, offering to help the SVO fighters. The scammers convinced Russians to make donations to help the front, and in the end all the money was debited from their accounts. “Fraudsters often find information on social networks and messenger groups. At the same time, they use different methods of influence and can introduce themselves as employees of the police, FSB, special services and other departments,” the police clarified. In addition, Russians were offered money to help find and locate their relatives who are on the front line.
In June, Russians began receiving notifications to pay the “tax on SVO.” It was possible to refuse to pay the “tax” by filling out a special form using the provided link, which led to a phishing site. After this, the scammers had access to personal data and the opportunity to withdraw money from the victim’s bank account.