Suspect detained on 120 counts of fraud

The Ministry of Internal Affairs received numerous complaints about fraud on the social network Instagram, fraudulent misappropriation of citizens’ funds. Rufat Mustafayev, a previously convicted resident of Yevlakh district, was detained as a result of operational search activities carried out by law enforcement officers, oxu.az reports citing the country’s Interior Ministry.

Thus, over the past few months, the suspect has created various accounts on the social network, promising subscribers to provide loans, as well as organize tours around the city of Shusha, thereby committing fraud against citizens in 120 episodes. With these and other deceitful methods, he defrauded the victims of about 30,000 manats. During the investigation, it was established that R. Mustafayev also stole the money from the bank accounts of the victims by deceiving confidential information.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs once again urged citizens to be extremely careful when exchanging personal information on social networks, not to make prepayments for pages they are not sure about.

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