A resident of Moscow has been detained for passing a backpack with 10 million rubles "down the chain" to Yekaterinburg.

A resident of Moscow has been detained for passing a backpack with 10 million rubles "down the chain" to Yekaterinburg.

      On March 24, 2026, in Chelyabinsk, a 15-year-old girl handed over all the valuables she had at home to an unfamiliar peer, totaling nearly 10 million rubles. The stolen items were then deceitfully passed along to the next courier. The UMVD of Russia for the Chelyabinsk region reports on yet another case of fraud.

      A woman approached the police department with a statement. She reported that her 15-year-old daughter, having fallen victim to a fraudulent scheme, transferred her personal savings in rubles and foreign currency, as well as jewelry, totaling more than 9.6 million rubles, to an unknown girl. The girl received a call on her mobile phone with information about a hacking of her account on the State Services portal, as well as that unknown individuals from a hostile country allegedly gained access to her parents' bank accounts, and now they face criminal liability. To avoid this, it was necessary to declare all available funds and valuables, the strangers claimed over the phone. The frightened teenager, worried about her parents, handed over all the valuables to the arriving young stranger.

      Investigators identified the girl who received the backpack with money and jewelry from the schoolgirl. She was also a minor. The 16-year-old girl stated that she passed the backpack she received from the 15-year-old to another stranger along with the money and valuables totaling 1.3 million rubles, which she took from her own parents' safe.

      The schoolgirl reported that she received a message from a flower delivery service, and after following the link, she entered the code she received in the SMS. This was followed by calls from alleged law enforcement officers, accusations of aiding a hostile country, and threats of initiating a criminal case against her parents. The callers also demanded that she gather all the money and valuables stored at home and hand them over to a courier for declaration.

      During further operational-search activities, the officers of the criminal investigation department of the city UMVD identified and detained the suspected courier of the fraudsters. He turned out to be a resident of Moscow born in 2003, who arrived in Chelyabinsk two days before committing the illegal acts.

      The Muscovite found the side job on the Internet. He acted according to all the instructions of his curator. The police established that after receiving money and valuables from the schoolgirl, the detained individual left for Yekaterinburg, where he handed everything over to a third party.

      Criminal cases have been initiated under part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Fraud). The police have reason to believe that the detained individual may be involved in similar acts in the territories of the Kurgan and Chelyabinsk regions. The detainee has been placed in a temporary detention facility in accordance with article 91 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation. A preventive measure is being chosen for him.

A resident of Moscow has been detained for passing a backpack with 10 million rubles "down the chain" to Yekaterinburg. A resident of Moscow has been detained for passing a backpack with 10 million rubles "down the chain" to Yekaterinburg. A resident of Moscow has been detained for passing a backpack with 10 million rubles "down the chain" to Yekaterinburg.

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A resident of Moscow has been detained for passing a backpack with 10 million rubles "down the chain" to Yekaterinburg.

In Chelyabinsk, a 15-year-old girl gave all the valuables she had at home to an unfamiliar peer, totaling nearly 10 million rubles. The stolen items were then deceitfully passed along to the next courier in a chain.