“If you simply handed over your card, helped with the money transfer, or provided access to your account, you are also criminally liable as an accomplice to the crime.” The Ministry warns that scammers are actively using messengers and social networks to recruit droppers, promising “easy income with minimal effort,” the representatives of the agency added.
In a video presented by the Ministry, young people talked about selling their bank cards for prices ranging from 1000 to 3000 soms.
Dropping involves participation in fraudulent schemes related to the "laundering" and cashing out of stolen funds. Droppers (or drops) are individuals who, for a reward, transfer, withdraw, or receive money stolen from others onto their cards. This activity is illegal and carries criminal liability under Article 209 (“Fraud”) of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic.
