A group of fraudsters from the countries of the former Soviet Union are held in New York prison and are not released on bail.

The Russians, who were detained at the end of July in the United States, who are suspected of committing a major fraud on 4,5 million dollars, partially pleaded guilty. They were not allowed to go on bail pending trial, but provided free attorneys.

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Russian citizens who were detained in the United States at the end of July on suspicion of committing a major fraud on 4,5 million dollars, partially admitted their guilt. Reports about it TVC with reference to RIA Novosti and the Russian Consulate General in New York.

“A few days ago, all the suspects were transferred to a prison in New York and appeared in court at the first hearing of the case,” the agency’s interlocutor noted.

Of the suspects, Russians have already retrained in the accused. They were also not allowed to go on bail pending trial. At the same time, they were provided with free lawyers.

The next hearing of the case will take place on September 25.

In late July in the USA 25 people were detainedwho are accused of large-scale fraud on the sale of cars. Among them were several Russians. These are Maxim Suverin, Nikolay Tupikin, Alexey Livadny and Stanislav Lissitzky.

The prosecutor's office of the Southern District of New York said that the criminal group also included five citizens of Georgia, four immigrants from Azerbaijan, three from Kazakhstan, two from Latvia, two more from Ukraine. In addition, among the defendants are citizens of the United States and Turkey.

From November 2016 to July 2018, the defendants implemented a large-scale fraudulent scheme. They posed as legal car dealers, tricked the victims into paying for the cars they bought, took money out of banks all over the country, trying to avoid control, and spent the money outside the United States.

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First, the conspirators posed as car dealers and collectors and claimed that they sell classic cars on well-known online auctions and shopping sites. After the victims and the conspirators reached a price agreement, including initial payments and shipping costs, the victims were sent to prospective car transport companies. These companies allegedly had to accept payments and transport the purchased cars.

Companies were actually “covers” of corporations that fraudsters created to convince the victim. Corporate accounts were created by them and controlled, waiting for the transfer of funds from the victim. After that, the defendants were sent to the banks to launder the money received, often on the same day the payment was received. The defendants collected money from different branches of the bank after several payments on the same day, limiting each amount to a number that - as they themselves believed - the bank would not notice or report fraud to the authorities.

Then the conspirators sent funds outside the United States to the countries of Eastern Europe, where most of the accused come from. The victims never received a product that they thought they bought, and many of them were unable to return the money or were forced to pay loans for cars that were never really sold.

Each of the defendants was charged with conspiracy to commit fraud with the maximum penalty of 30-year imprisonment, as well as money laundering with the maximum imprisonment of 20 years. The maximum potential sentences in this case are prescribed by the Congress and are provided only for informational purposes, since any sentencing will be determined by the judge.

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