OREANDA-NEWS Russians may face erroneous freezing of bank cards or accounts due to the new anti-fraud law, Erania Bochkina told the Prime agency.

"In our opinion, such moments, although certainly unpleasant for customers, are inevitable side effects of running in any new regulatory and organizational mechanisms," she said.

The article notes that blocking can occur both after a regular transfer and as a result of really fraudulent actions. In particular, if an account was opened for a person without his knowledge, which is then used for fraud. According to the publication, Russians have been facing this since the end of July.

The Central Bank, in turn, indicated that the occurrence of such a situation is unlikely, however, if it does happen, you need to contact them.