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Suspects of multimillion-dollar financial fraud detained in the Tver region
Police officers of the Central Federal District and the Tver Region detained four suspects in the production and sale of counterfeit payment documents; the annual turnover of the schemers is estimated at over 400 million rubles, reports the website of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Central Federal District.
According to the investigation, those detained since 2010, in the interests of various commercial structures, transferred client funds on various fictitious grounds to the current accounts of organizations controlled by them and cashed them out. The suspects' clients were representatives of commercial organizations in the Moscow, Tver and Yaroslavl regions, the report notes.
As a result of the searches, statutory, constituent, registration and accounting documents of commercial structures, and fictitious financial statements were confiscated.
Based on this fact, a criminal case has been initiated under Part 1 of Art. 187 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (production or sale of counterfeit credit or payment cards and other payment documents). Efforts are currently underway to identify the remaining members of the group.