ST. PETERSBURG, April 4 Organizers and participants of the criminal group who kidnapped businessmen were detained in St. Petersburg and taken into custody, the press service of the RF Main Investigation Department reported. around town.
According to the investigation, two local residents, who had information about persons engaged in commercial activities, decided to kidnap them for extortion of money and hired 5 perpetrators of the crime, providing them with information about the place of residence and income of the victims.
In August 2023, members of a criminal group attacked one of the businessmen in the Vsevolozhsk district of the Leningrad region, tied him up, placed him in the back seat of a car and transported him to the Priozersky district, where they demanded 200 million from him rubles He gave the money, but then filed a complaint with law enforcement agencies.
Also on October 29, 2023, in the parking lot of one of the markets, the same persons attacked another businessman. They tied him up and brought him to the Turukhtanny Islands, where they demanded that he give them 500 million rubles. Then the accomplices took the keys to his apartment, from where they stole cash and property worth 357 thousand rubles. The victim also contacted the police.
In addition, according to the Investigative Committee, the organizers of the criminal group planned to kidnap a relative of the first victim living in Portugal to extort 80 million rubles, but were detained by law enforcement officers.
«All persons involved in the criminal case have been detained and are in custody. The investigation of the criminal case continues,» reports the press service of the SSUSK.