
In Spain, 17 alleged members of the international group were detained, including Russians and Ukrainians who were financial fraud using the Internet. On her account, according to investigators, the abduction of money from 40 bank accounts totaling 165.5 thousand euros.
"The criminal group acting outside Spain, resorting to deception, rented large amounts of money on the Internet from the accounts of private individuals and organizations in different regions of the country and, through intermediaries, sent them to Chisinau (Moldova)," the National Police of Spain (NPI) published on Thursday.
The document emphasizes that "the attackers previously searched in Spain, also on the Internet, intermediaries, on whose accounts the stolen money was originally transferred, and then sent funds to Moldova for 10% of the stolen amount," RIA Novosti reports.
The police admit that "the persons detained in Spain, including two Russians and three Ukrainians, were only intermediaries in the implementation of fraudulent actions, and, perhaps, did not even know that they were accomplices in the crime."
The surnames of the detained Russians are not given in the interests of the investigation. It is only said that we are talking about 20-year-old Tamara, a native of Tuapse, and about 28-year-old Irina, a native of Rostov-on-Don.