He stated that on March 7, an unknown person contacted him via WhatsApp, offering to sell him 25.5 tons of corn and convincing him to transfer money in advance.
According to available information, I. A. transferred 450,000 soms to the card of A. A. and an additional 162,500 soms to the card of A. D., resulting in a total loss of 612,000 soms. However, the goods were never delivered to him.
In Chuy Region, the police detained a dropper in a fraud case involving 612,000 soms.
A criminal case has been initiated regarding this incident under Article 209-1 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic, which pertains to the intentional transfer of electronic payment means, virtual assets, and SIM cards to third parties.
As a result of operational actions by law enforcement, the suspect A. A., born in 1988, was identified, to whose bank card the money was transferred. He was detained in accordance with Article 96 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Kyrgyz Republic and placed in a temporary detention facility. The court has chosen a preventive measure in the form of arrest for a period of two months.
The investigation suggests that A. A. transferred his bank card details to third parties, which allowed outsiders access to his financial information.
Currently, work is ongoing to identify other participants in the crime. The investigation is actively continuing.
