are now isolated, and a mechanism for quickly excluding information from the database has been established for them. A person can apply for this to their bank or to the Bank of Russia’s google certified paid traffic specialist online reception, after which a decision on exclusion from the database will be made within a few days. Conscientious bank clients who are not involved in illegal activities should not be afraid.
Can the Central Bank’s database of information
on suspicious transactions be called a “dropper database”?
— Officially, it has a different name, as I have already said. However, experts and market participants also call it a “dropper base”. These are people who are engaged in the withdrawal and cashing of stolen money.
— How many Russian accounts does it currently contain?
— We are talking about tens of thousands. However, it is wrong to claim that this is the number of criminals operating in Russia. Firstly, a fraudster may have several accounts through which the stolen money is withdrawn. Secondly, information about a dropper account appears in our database when the victim has why and how to keep content relevant in 2021 contacted their bank with a statement about the theft of money, the bank has checked the information and sent it to FinCERT of the Bank of Russia — a special structural division of the regulator, on the basis of which information exchange takes place with the alb directory participation of all banks, including on suspicious transactions during money transfers. But not all citizens who have suffered from fraudsters file a statement, including to the police.