The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Irina Volk, said that the gang deducted money from the bank accounts of deceased citizens using counterfeit SIM-cards and appropriated their real estate.

“The organizer of the group, as the police suggest, was a former actor who starred in episodic roles in several cult films of past years,” said Wolf.

The police opened a criminal case under the article “Fraud”. Six defendants were detained.

A TASS source in law enforcement said that the organizer of the group starred in episodic roles in Soviet films, including D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers.

Earlier, one of the actors of the series "Brigade" said that the tape is a crime against Russia.