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| Ekaterinburg Russian scammers |
Ekaterinburg, March 2nd, Interfax-Ural. The General Investigation Department of the Main Office of Home Affairs of Sverdlovskaya Oblast has accomplished and passed on to the court the criminal case against two residents of Ekaterinburg committing fraud in the Internet. Valery Gorelykh, press-manager of the Main Office of Home Affairs of Sverdlovskaya Oblast, reported to the Intefax Agency that two residents of Ekaterinburg, an unmarried couple, put on the Internet site *Russian Girls* stealing a number of photos of girls who supposedly were looking for foreign husbands from other sites.
After a short correspondence *a fiance* invited one of the girls he had liked to visit him. A woman swindler wrote to a *fiance* on behalf of the girl saying she was penniless and couldn't afford the trip. The letter received, a *fiance* wired money for traveling expenses and clothes to a pseudofiancee.
In addition the above site had it that *fiances* could transfer money to the bank account of an Ekaterinburg based agency that will see that *fiancees* had all they needed.
The press-manager gave an example. One Canadian citizen who had sent money to the girl he had taken to, got a note saying his *fiancee* had fallen a victim to the Russian mafia and lost all her money.
Having received the note a loving Canadian packed his things and had flown off to Russia with the aim of meeting his *fiancee* hurt by rotters. On his arrival the Canadian reported the incident to Ekaterinburg based Consulate General of Great Britain and the regional police.
The General Investgation Department of the Main Agency of Home Affairs of Sverdlovskaya Oblast filed a lawsuit under the criminal article no 159 (ferocious fraud) stipulating 10-year imprisonment. Vladimir Vorotnikov who runs the Main Office of Home Affairs of Sverdlovskaya Oblast requested that the Interpol professionals and the regional policemen specializing in handling computer crimes be involved.
The rotters whose names aren't disclosed in the interests of investigation, were tracked down and arrested. Currently they are waiting for the court verdict to be announced.
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