In Belarus, a fraudster who swindled Russian millionaire bloggers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars was arrested
Russian national Khatuna Atashan, who defrauded popular bloggers of a huge sum, tried to escape through Belarus, but was detained and returned to Russia.
According to Russian public pages, Atashan would find famous influencers and introduce herself as a VIP partner of the largest global hotel chains. She offered fabulous conditions: vacations in the Maldives and at top five-star hotels on a barter basis in exchange for social media advertising. Bloggers only had to pay extra for flights for their relatives, with prices significantly below market rates.
After the money transfer, Atashan would disappear, and a day before the flight, she would announce that the trip was canceled.
When the defrauded bloggers began to massively report to the police, the girl tried to escape through Belarus. Details are unknown, it is only reported that she was handed over to the Russian side.
The total amount of damage from the fraudster's actions is estimated at more than 50 million Russian rubles, or about 700 thousand dollars.