November 1, 2006 at 14:18Internet bride from Yekaterinburg deceived 15 foreigners
In Yekaterinburg, a couple of Internet scammers were caught red-handed and put on trial, reports Channel One . The creators of the fictitious marriage agency "Russian Girls", which had a single bride, wrote in 2001-2002. letters to potential grooms from the USA, England and Canada with a request to transfer money (from $ 800 to $ 3000), so that the bride had something to apply for a visa and buy tickets.
Fifteen people sent the money, but Alena Fedorovskaya, a student of the Ural Institute of Finance and Law who portrayed the bride abroad, did not go. Instead, Alena and her roommate Vladimir Osipov bought two apartments, three cars, and a garden plot with the proceeds (about 400 thousand rubles) .
The Verkh-Isetsky District Court of Yekaterinburg admitted that such a case is being considered for the first time, and sentenced the fake bride, as well as her accomplice Osipov, to five and five and a half years imprisonment, respectively, with confiscation of property, according to part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud committed by an organized group or on a large scale).
It was possible to catch the marriage Internet scams after one of the foreign suitors personally came to Yekaterinburg. The “K” department of the Sverdlovsk Central Internal Affairs Directorate was investigating. I also had to contact Interpol for help.
Fifteen people sent the money, but Alena Fedorovskaya, a student of the Ural Institute of Finance and Law who portrayed the bride abroad, did not go. Instead, Alena and her roommate Vladimir Osipov bought two apartments, three cars, and a garden plot with the proceeds (about 400 thousand rubles) .
The Verkh-Isetsky District Court of Yekaterinburg admitted that such a case is being considered for the first time, and sentenced the fake bride, as well as her accomplice Osipov, to five and five and a half years imprisonment, respectively, with confiscation of property, according to part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud committed by an organized group or on a large scale).
It was possible to catch the marriage Internet scams after one of the foreign suitors personally came to Yekaterinburg. The “K” department of the Sverdlovsk Central Internal Affairs Directorate was investigating. I also had to contact Interpol for help.