The police of Dushanbe reported the detention of three suspects in large-scale fraud. The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Dushanbe reports that numerous complaints have been received from citizens stating that a group of individuals deceitfully obtained money from them and did not return it. As a result […]
The police of Dushanbe reported the detention of three suspects in large-scale fraud.
The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Dushanbe reports that numerous complaints have been received from citizens stating that a group of individuals deceitfully obtained money from them and did not return it.
As a result of operational investigative activities, police officers established that three citizens were committing fraud using the internet.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Dushanbe released a photograph of the detained members of the organized criminal group. They turned out to be residents of the capital: 32-year-old Farhod Mamaraimov, 33-year-old Rustam Sharofiddinov, and 23-year-old Amina Akobirova.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the capital, they deceitfully obtained tens of thousands of dollars and transferred them abroad using electronic wallets.
The agency reported that during the investigation it was revealed that they joined an organized group of internet criminals abroad, who instructed these three citizens of Tajikistan to transfer money.
“This organized criminal group, using the latest technologies, obtained the mobile phone numbers of citizens, contacted them, and informed them that their children abroad had fallen ill, or had been involved in an accident, or had encountered some misfortune, and then, using psychological pressure, gained the trust of citizens and demanded large sums of money for the treatment of their children or to solve some problems,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs noted in a statement.
It is also noted that Farhod Mamaraimov and Rustam Sharofiddinov contacted this criminal group via Telegram and acted as “couriers.” It is reported that from three of their victims, these two received over $40,000 and transferred it abroad using electronic wallets.
According to the investigation, the third detainee, Amina Akobirova, deceived three people “over the phone,” who transferred her more than $22,000, which she also sent abroad through banking services.
The detainees themselves or their relatives are unavailable for comments.