A criminal case was opened in St. Petersburg regarding the creation of a criminal community. As reported by the press service of the regional Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia, along with this case, cases of illegal banking activities were also included.
Investigators found that the group members were engaged in illegal cash withdrawals. So they earned at least 7 billion rubles.
More than 40 searches were carried out today by representatives of the Investigative Committee together with employees of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs in different regions of Russia. They seized more than 150 bank accounts of individuals and legal entities.
Earlier, Petersburg Diary reported that the Investigative Committee began an investigation after a woman died in an apartment fire near Gatchina. Read more here.
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