“Members of the criminal group set up a fraudulent call center in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region. Extorted money from the victims with the help of phone calls. According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, an indictment against the co-organizer and two members of the organized group was sent to the court for fraud (Parts 4, 5 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The investigation established that the defendants established the operation of a fraudulent call center on”, — write on: ua.news
Members of the criminal group set up a fraudulent call center in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region. Extorted money from the victims with the help of phone calls.
According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, an indictment against the co-organizer and two members of the organized group was sent to the court for fraud (Parts 4, 5 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The investigation established that the accused established the operation of a fraudulent call center in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region. Extorted money from the victims with the help of phone calls. Using the replacement of the phone number – “vishing”, fraudsters presented themselves as employees of the security service of banking institutions. During the conversation with the victims, they reported on seemingly suspicious financial transactions with their bank cards.
Under the pretext of qualified assistance, the defendants provided instructions and guidance to misled citizens and gained full access to their online banking.
In the future, the funds were transferred to third parties – the so-called “drops” and prepared.
In total, 24 victims were identified, who suffered damage in the total amount of at least 3 million hryvnias. All victims are citizens of Ukraine. The pre-trial investigation was carried out by the investigators of the police department No. 2 of the Dnipro district police department and the investigative department of the GUNP in the Dnipropetrovsk region under the operational support of the employees of the Cybercrime Countermeasures Department in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Earlier in Ukraine, the police together with the Czech law enforcement officers exposed and liquidated a criminal organization that robbed citizens with the help of “vishing” and “spoofing” – types of telephone fraud. In total, the criminals embezzled more than $2.5 million.
Fraudsters in Ukraine also invented a new scheme to deceive Ukrainians. It is related to the so-called “recovery” of funds through the court.
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