According to available data, on November 6, one of the city residents reported to law enforcement agencies. He stated that he received a call from strangers who introduced themselves as employees of various government agencies, including the State Committee for National Security (GKNB) and the National Bank. Under the pretext of checking his involvement in financing a special military operation and the activities of terrorist groups, they managed to convince the man to transfer 7 million 500 thousand soms.
As a result of the incident, a criminal case was initiated under Article 209 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic, concerning fraud committed on a particularly large scale by a group of individuals by prior agreement.
During the investigation, officers of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Bishkek City Police detained two suspects: B.A., born in 2007, and M.B., born in 2004. They have been placed in a temporary detention facility.
According to preliminary data from the investigation, 21-year-old M.B. used the Telegram messenger to acquire bank cards, which he registered in the names of fictitious persons, and then handed over to the fraudsters for cashing out the stolen funds.
Law enforcement agencies continue to work on identifying other participants in this fraudulent scheme.
