Scammers took money from those who wanted to get to the government

In Moscow, a gang of scammers who "sold" positions in the Russian government is neutralized. According to MK, attackers referred to their connections in the corridors of the authorities, lured large amounts from their victims in exchange for a promise of a high position.

Among the deceived, he was, according to the operative of the police department in the Dorogomilovo district, Alexander Serebrov, "a large oligarch, a former colonel of the special services." For the position of head of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, he transferred to fraudsters 17 million 800 thousand rubles. When the appointment did not take place, the entrepreneur turned to the police.

To date, two of the participants in the criminal group have been detained, one of them is the son of a senior intelligence general. In relation to the rest, search measures are held.

The investigator, the leading case, believes that "taking into account the real ties of the participants in the criminal organization in the special services, they could really arrange merchants for significant posts."