"Employees of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Vykhino-Zhulebino district detained the suspect in an attempt on fraud," said the head of the UIiOS Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for. Moscow Colonel of Internal Service Yuri Titov.

The Muscovite appealed to the territorial department of the police with a statement that his relative was trying to deceive the unknown. According to the applicant, an unidentified man called the pensioner and said that her grandson was in trouble, and that to save him 400 thousand rubles. A misguided 92-year-old woman agreed to withdraw this amount from a savings account and transfer it to a stranger.

Employees of the bank, suspected wrong, refused to give her money and contacted the grandson of an elderly woman who immediately called the police.

As a result of operational-search activities, police officers detained a suspect who was waiting for a pensioner at the entrance to the bank. He was a 31-year-old visitor from the near abroad.

On this fact, the investigation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Vykhino-Zhulebino district instituted criminal proceedings on the grounds of the crime envisaged by Art.. 30 of the Criminal Code "Preparing for a crime and attempting a crime" and art.. 159 of the Criminal Code "Fraud". With regard to the suspect, a preventive measure in the form of detention.