“A resident of the capital, the administrator of groups in social networks and instant messengers, was detained. He is charged with large-scale extortion against a former Moscow police officer for non-distribution of personal photographs, ”said Vasenin.
To a clarifying question, whether it is a question of Vorontsov, Vasenin answered in the affirmative.
Reportedly, the detainee allegedly “demanded 300 thousand rubles, threatening to post personal photos of the policeman to the public.”
On April 14, the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case over the dissemination of false information about coronavirus in the community of the social network "VKontakte". This was reported in the headquarters of the UK in St. Petersburg.
According to investigators, on April 2, "on the wall of one of the communities" on the VKontakte social network, "an unidentified person on behalf of the user Vladimir Vorontsov," posted information that in one of the military educational institutions, supposedly 70% got the coronavirus.
“There were no cases of COVID-19 infection among employees and students in the specified institution, no information about the disease was received at the medical institution,” the UK emphasized.
Earlier, RT reported that an administrative offense was opened in St. Petersburg due to a post on the FSB social network about the allegedly infected with coronavirus infection in the Police Ombudsman community on VKontakte.