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The fraud scheme was organized by a 27-year-old resident of Kharkiv, who attracted seven other employees and performers to participate.
According to the investigation, the defendants called the Latvians and offered to invest money in cryptocurrency or stocks and earn interest. If the victims agreed, they were provided with a link that they clicked on, and the criminals got access to their computers and installed the personal account of the fraudulent platform on them.
Criminals, in order to make their deal more plausible, created and filled with content Internet sites and pseudo-trading platforms, which are constantly administered to create an impression among victims that the trade is actually taking place and the funds are really involved in financial investments.
When the victims told the Internet attackers that they wanted to withdraw funds with allegedly accrued interest, the scammers assured that they had to wait for this, or the shares would grow soon and they had to provide funds to implement the transaction.
The cyber police found out that the transferred funds were transferred to the controlled cryptocurrency wallets of the participants of the criminal organization and then transferred to cash through controlled exchange offices.
The fraud scheme was organized by a 27-year-old resident of Kharkiv, who attracted seven other employees and performers to participate.
Cyber police identified their identities and locations. At the addresses of their activities and residence, the police conducted twenty searches, during which they detained five defendants, including the organizer. Documents and equipment with contacts and correspondence with potential victims, SIM cards of Latvian operators, a grenade, funds in the amount of about $ 160,000, 250,000 UAH and 5 luxury cars were seized.
Investigators of the National Police declared the detainees suspected of fraud committed on a particularly large scale as part of a criminal organization (Part 5 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), creation and participation in a criminal organization (Part 1 of Article 255, Part 2 of Article 255 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). All suspects were given preventive measures in the form of detention without the right to pay bail.
The pre-trial investigation continues. The faces of the other three participants in the fraudulent transaction are identified.
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According to the investigation, the defendants called the Latvians and offered to invest money in cryptocurrency or stocks and earn interest. If the victims agreed, they were provided with a link that they clicked on, and the criminals got access to their computers and installed the personal account of the fraudulent platform on them.
Criminals, in order to make their deal more plausible, created and filled with content Internet sites and pseudo-trading platforms, which are constantly administered to create an impression among victims that the trade is actually taking place and the funds are really involved in financial investments.
When the victims told the Internet attackers that they wanted to withdraw funds with allegedly accrued interest, the scammers assured that they had to wait for this, or the shares would grow soon and they had to provide funds to implement the transaction.
The cyber police found out that the transferred funds were transferred to the controlled cryptocurrency wallets of the participants of the criminal organization and then transferred to cash through controlled exchange offices.
The fraud scheme was organized by a 27-year-old resident of Kharkiv, who attracted seven other employees and performers to participate.
Cyber police identified their identities and locations. At the addresses of their activities and residence, the police conducted twenty searches, during which they detained five defendants, including the organizer. Documents and equipment with contacts and correspondence with potential victims, SIM cards of Latvian operators, a grenade, funds in the amount of about $ 160,000, 250,000 UAH and 5 luxury cars were seized.
Investigators of the National Police declared the detainees suspected of fraud committed on a particularly large scale as part of a criminal organization (Part 5 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), creation and participation in a criminal organization (Part 1 of Article 255, Part 2 of Article 255 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). All suspects were given preventive measures in the form of detention without the right to pay bail.
The pre-trial investigation continues. The faces of the other three participants in the fraudulent transaction are identified.
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