Volgograd Police Urge Fraud Victim to Come Forward

In Volgograd, police are searching for a local resident who became a victim of fraud, having given almost a million rubles in cash (approximately $10,000 at current rates) to two residents of Voronezh. The fraud suspects have been detained, and the money seized. However, finding the owner of the million, who parted with it near the Frant Hotel, has so far not been possible.

As reported by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Volgograd Region, two visitors from Voronezh were detained in Volgograd on suspicion of fraudulent actions. During a personal search, almost a million rubles in cash (approximately $10,000 at current rates) were seized from them.

The men explained that they obtained this money through fraud from an unknown person and intended to transfer it to accomplices, the press service of the directorate reported. The search is now underway for the alleged victim, who on January 20 at 14:50 near house No. 73 on Zhukov Avenue handed over 975 thousand rubles (approximately $9,800 at current rates) to the detainees.

The press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Volgograd Region declined to elaborate on the details of the incident, citing that all information will be provided after identifying the person who transferred the funds.

The citizen, possibly a victim of fraud who transferred money to unknown persons, or any other person with information about this fact, is requested to contact the nearest police department or by phone: 8 (8442) 30-43-45, 02.