VLADIVOSTOK, September 6. /TASS/. Over 350 bln rubles ($3.87 bln) have been stolen from Russians and taken abroad by cybercriminals over the past three years, Deputy Head of the Investigative Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Danil Filippov said at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF - 2024).
"Over the past three years, more than 350 bln rubles have been stolen and taken abroad. Yesterday a representative of Sberbank put the figure at 250 bln rubles, but this takes into account latent crime, so it may be higher. This is a forecast figure. Officially, 350 bln rubles have been registered, these are state statistics," he said.
According to him, more than 1.5 mln IT crimes were committed between 2022 and August 2024.
The Eastern Economic Forum was held on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok on September 3-6, 2024. The main theme of the EEF in 2024 is "Far East 2030. Combining strengths to create new potential."
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