Initially, the fraudsters called Gridnev, posing as employees of a mobile operator, and requested his data to update his phone registration. Then they received a second call, allegedly from special services officers, who convinced him that the funds from his account had been stolen and sent to the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. To provide an alibi for himself, he was offered to hand over the remaining funds to a special courier. As a result, the pensioner collected about 19.5 million rubles and handed them over.
Later Gridnev realized that he had become a victim of deception and turned to the police. A criminal case under the article on fraud (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) was initiated on this incident.
Gridnev in the 1990s worked in the General Staff, and recently served as Chairman of the Council of veterans in the Koptevsky district of Moscow.
Earlier it was reported that in the Magadan region fraudsters began impersonating the head of the regional Ministry of Health.
In the Tver region, fraudsters began planting fake receipts for payment of housing and utility bills in mailboxes.