Sberbank deputy chair says making fraud organization costlier can defeat it, but stolen money outflow remains weak point — 120 bln rubles sent abroad in 2025 via crypto and drop couriers.
Fully defeating fraud is possible by making its organization more costly, said Sberbank Deputy Chairman Kuznetsov in a TASS interview ahead of PMEF-2026. However, he noted that withdrawing stolen funds abroad remains a weak point, with fraudsters sending about 120 billion rubles abroad in 2025 via drop couriers and cryptocurrency.
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