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Scammers masqueraded slot machines for payment terminals

The original way to organize an underground gambling business was invented by an interregional criminal grouping. These scammers not only arranged secret casinos, but also came up with a new "chip".
The official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk reported that they installed game equipment in entertainment centers and retail stores disguised as payment terminals. Fake documents were made for gaming machines.

Operatives detained these "inventors" in Moscow and Mordovia. A total of 17 people. The group clearly had responsibilities: someone negotiated with the administration of trading institutions "on mutually beneficial terms," ​​someone lured customers, someone was engaged in equipment maintenance, someone was accounting. The police believe that the organizers of illegal gambling earned about 66 million rubles.
In Moscow and Saransk, 33 searches were carried out in office and residential buildings. About two hundred police officers, Rosgvardia and the Investigative Committee participated. They seized 260 pieces of gambling equipment, 10 million rubles in cash, accessories to gaming terminals, computer equipment, video monitoring systems, draft accounting and many other things that are important for the investigation of the criminal case. According to Irina Volk, nine organizers and active members of the community were detained in Mordovia, six more - in Moscow. With respect to 12 of them, the court has chosen a preventive measure in the form of detention, three are under house arrest.
Police detained criminals who installed illegal gambling machines in shopping centers
The police stopped the activities of the criminal group, which dealt with the illegal organization of gambling in various regions of Russia. In entertainment centers and shops they installed slot machines, disguised as payment terminals. The income from illegal activities amounted to 66 million rubles.

The group consisted of 17 people, among them a police officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the city of Saransk. In offices and apartments of cybercriminals, gambling equipment, computer equipment, video monitoring systems, as well as black bookkeeping and 10 million rubles were seized.