This was stated by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Irina Volk, according to the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Media.
According to preliminary data, swindlers illegally gained access to personal accounts of deceased citizens in banks.
According to Volk, nine suspects, including the organizer, were detained in the Moscow region, Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory.
Criminal cases were initiated against seven suspects under Part 4 of Art.
158 of the Criminal Code of Russia (theft), they are arrested.
Cases were initiated against two more participants under Part 3 of Art.
183 of the Criminal Code of Russia (illegal receipt of information constituting a commercial or banking secret), they are under travel ban.
“According to the investigation, the defendants are involved in at least 50 cases of embezzlement in the amount of more than 60 million rubles,” Volk informed.
Earlier, URA.RU reported that employees of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Perm Territory, together with representatives of the regional department of the FSB, detained six members of an organized crime group suspected of illegal logging on an especially large scale.