In the suburbs of the administrator of the telegram channels “Payment Shield” and “Findor” were detained in the case of extortion of 16 million rubles

In the suburbs, the police detained the administrator of the telegram channel in the extortion case (part 3 of Article 163 of the Criminal Code) of the management of one of the Russian companies more than 16 million rubles, said Irina Volk, official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

According to investigators, attackers created a media resource to publish information about financial and credit organizations that allegedly carry out translations using illegal Internet casinos. Then they demanded that the leadership of one of the companies transfer 0.5 bitcoin to them “for non -proliferation of knowingly false and discrediting information”. “Representatives of the company, having estimated possible reputation risks, transferred more than 16 million rubles to the extortionists,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

The detainee, is allegedly, found a list of companies from which he and accomplices extorted money with accomplices. The court chose him a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions.

What telegram channel was administered by the suspect, the Ministry of Internal Affairs was not specified. The name of the company also did not reveal.

According to the BAZ and TASS telegram channel, the police detained the administrator of the Payment Shield and Findozore telegram channels on suspicion of extortion by Payselekchen LLC. It is alleged that the money that the company's management paid the suspect was transferred to the wallet of the Ukrainian crypto -tank Whitebit.

According to the "base", law enforcement agencies suggest that the suspect could have accomplices in the Central Bank and the Federal Tax Service of Russia, "who could organize checks on the basis of posts in fraudulent media."