Scammers Named ‘Gazprom,’ ‘Rosneft’ Steal $29Mln

Police have detained nine citizens of Nigeria and Cameroon suspected of using the names of major Russian state companies to steal at least 900 million rubles ($28.8 million) from several hundred foreign firms, the Russian Interior Ministry reported. “To commit the fraud, the group’s members used fake national passports with names and surnames somehow consonant [...]