A teenager from Sverdlovsk stole 2.5 million from the widow of a participant in the special military operation.

      In Irbit, a 17-year-old foreign teenager will be tried. He is accused under the article "Fraud committed by an organized group on a particularly large scale."

      — In February 2026, the accused, who lived in Kazan, joined a criminal group. He became a participant in a fraudulent scheme. At the direction of his curator, on the evening of February 25, 2026, the suspect arrived in Irbit with a 21-year-old accomplice by car, the press service of the Investigative Committee for the Sverdlovsk region reported.

      The accomplices headed to the widow of a special operation participant. The woman had already been deceived by fake law enforcement officers. They forced the Sverdlovsk resident to withdraw money from her bank account. The widow of the SVO participant handed over approximately 2.5 million rubles to the 17-year-old teenager and his 21-year-old partner, writes "KP-Ekaterinburg."

      The couriers then went to Yekaterinburg to deliver the money to other gang members, but they were detained there. All the stolen money has already been returned to the Sverdlovsk resident. The criminal case against the 21-year-old courier has been separated into a separate proceeding. Investigators have completed the investigation and forwarded the case to court.

      Earlier, we reported that a gang that was stealing payments from SVO participants was arrested in the Sverdlovsk region.