28. May 23, Marina Garayeva
Residents of Mari El were cheated under the guise of brides by "grooms" from China for 3.5 million
They were sentenced to prison terms
In Chuvashia, four men were convicted for deceiving the people of China, pretending to be brides. All the perpetrators are residents of Mari El. This is reported by the portal "Ministry of Internal Affairs Media".
Residents of Mari El under the guise of brides deceived three suitors from China. After the "brides" got into the confidence of the "grooms", the men stole a total of 3.5 million rubles. The swindlers were detained in the fall of 2021. At the same time, operatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Chuvashia discovered a call center in the apartment they rented to deceive foreign citizens who dreamed of meeting Russian women.
The police seized laptops, cell phones, a lot of banking and SIM cards. According to investigators, the scammers corresponded on behalf of potential brides, agreed to come and marry, then received large sums from foreign grooms to cover expenses, after which they stopped communicating with foreigners.
Operatives found email addresses of three residents of the cities of Wuhan, Xining and Guangzhou, China, aged 42 to 56, in office equipment seized from men. Investigator Cheboksary interviewed the victims on the Internet.
The Kalininsky District Court of the Chuvash Republic sentenced citizens to imprisonment for a term of 3 years 4 months to four and a half years in a penal colony. The convicts, who were under house arrest and proper behavior, were taken into custody in the courtroom. The verdict has not entered into force.
