Fraudsters cheated Stalin's nephew over 16 million rubles

Fraudsters cheated Stalin's nephew over 16 million rubles

Fraudsters cheated Stalin's nephew over 16 million rubles
93-year-old Leonid Alliluyev, who is the nephew of Joseph Stalin, became a victim of telephone scammers.  This is the second case when a man transfers a large sum to unknown persons.

According to TASS, Leonid Alliluyev transferred 16 million rubles to scammers from September to October 2021.  The victim turned to law enforcement officers only on February 8.

According to Alliluyev, in September he received a phone call from unknown people who introduced themselves as bank employees.  This was followed by a standard fraud scheme - in order to ‘save’ money from intruders who are allegedly trying to steal right now, the funds must be urgently transferred to another ‘reserve’ account.  Thus, Alliluyev transferred 16 million rubles, after which the ‘bank employees’ disappeared.

The victim explained such a late appeal to the law enforcement officers by the fact that swindlers intimidated him.
Earlier, the pensioner has almost lost 5 million rubles.
The incident happened a year earlier.  The woman tried to steal the pensioner's money, but the police detained her at the time of the transfer of funds in Alliluyev's apartment.  The fraudster was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.

Leonid Alliluyev is the son of the sister of Stalin's wife Nadezhda Alliluyeva.  He is also a veteran of the Great Patriotic War.

10.02.2022