Penza law enforcement officers detained three local residents who are suspected of creating a malicious program for theft of cryptocurrencies. During the searches, the employees of the regional FSB seized over 250 million rubles.

Currently, the residents of Penza 1998, 1975 and 1998 are threatening to five years in prison in the framework of a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 273 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. They are suspected of creating and posting on several sites on the Internet of a virus designed to steal cryptocurrencies. It is assumed that both residents of Russia and foreign citizens became victims of the harmful program.

“In the process of conducting searches in their residence, more than 10 units of computer equipment, 28 mobile devices, 24 information carriers, 34 bank cards, 4 hardware wallets for storing cryptocurrency assets, 2 physical devices for storing the so-called“ SID-Frases ”from cryptocurrency wallets, including cryptocurrencies, for a total of a total of a total of cryptocurrencies were seized. Over 250 million rubles. The arrest of bank accounts, cryptocurrency assets, movable and immovable property of defendants received by criminal means was initiated, ”the Penza UFSB reported.

The total volume of confiscated funds can still increase. Investigators are trying to establish additional episodes of theft of funds with this virus.

Recently, the Webrat virus was reported, which is aimed at stealing gamers cryptocurns.