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Two alleged organizers of a criminal group believed to have amassed billions of dollars both in former Soviet republics and Europe were arrested in a Moscow airport earlier this month, the Moskovsky Komsomolets daily reported Wednesday.
The suspects, both of them are Moscow residents, are believed to have stolen a total of $1.5 billion from Russian residents, investigators have reported. The total damage from their operations both in Russia and other countries is believed to be $10 billion, investigators said. The men were taken in custody on November 17, at Moscow International Airport Sheremetievo II.
In September of this year police received a tip-off that a well-organized gang had been active in Russia’s southern provinces of Chechnya and Dagestan.
Investigators have established that in the years 2003 through 2005 Alexander Dyukov, one of the suspects, defrauded his “clients” of millions of dollars, posing as an agent for the world’s leading insurance firm, He had no license for the job, investigators said.
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