76-year-old Alexander Rakhmanov, an adviser to the general director of one of the leading enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex, MAK Vympel, became a victim of a large-scale fraudulent scheme, as a result of which he lost more than 61,7 million rubles. According to law enforcement agencies, two young girls, aged 18 and 19, have been detained as suspects in this crime.

The story began on October 10, when Rakhmanov received a call from unknown people who introduced themselves as FSB officers and reported “suspicious transfers” from his accounts, allegedly for the needs of the Ukrainian military. The frightened Rakhmanov believed the legend and began to follow the instructions of the scammers, who demanded that he withdraw cash and hand it over to couriers for subsequent transfer to “safe accounts.”

For several weeks, the man transferred large sums of money in different areas of Moscow, believing that he was protecting his savings in this way. When the cash ran out, the scammers switched to coins, forcing Rakhmanov to first hand over the coins he had on hand, worth more than 5 million rubles, and then to buy additional ones, worth almost 10 million more. The total damage amounted to almost 62 million rubles.

Only a few weeks later, Rakhmanov realized that he had become a victim of fraud and contacted the police. On November 2, law enforcement agencies opened a criminal case under the article "Fraud on an especially large scale." Soon, investigators managed to detain the suspects: they turned out to be two girls from the Novosibirsk region - 19-year-old Veronika and 18-year-old Ksenia, who have already confessed.