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The cyber police of the Dnipropetrovsk region, together with the investigators of the regional central board under the procedural guidance of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, stopped the activities of an organized criminal group, which consisted of eight participants.
The deal was organized by a 31-year-old resident of the district center, who purchased databases of bank clients on the darknet and attracted friends and relatives to illegal activities.
According to the police, the accomplices set up a call center at the organizer's place of residence and called citizens under the guise of bank employees. Scammers purchased databases of bank clients on the darknet and copied confidential information, in particular, bank card numbers, CVV codes, SMS passwords, and so on.
Also, during the conversation, the "operators" urged citizens to install a mobile application to gain remote access to the victims ' gadgets. After that, the suspects carried out unauthorized access to the mobile application of online banking and withdrew funds to the bank accounts of drops. The assigned savings were cashed out at ATMs in Kryvyi Rih.
Investigators found that members of the criminal group embezzled more than 4 million hryvnias.
Police officers with the support of special forces KORD conducted eight searches at the addresses of registration and residence of the defendants, as well as in the car of the organizer of the group. Computer equipment, 28 mobile phones, 59 SIM cards, 55 SIM holders, 44 bank cards, 25 thousand hryvnias, 2500 dollars and 300 euros were seized. A petition for the seizure of the seized cash was sent to the court.
In addition, packages with a substance similar to a narcotic were found. Material evidence was sent for forensic examination.
Investigators declared the attackers suspected under Part 4 of Article 190 (Fraud). The Criminal Code of Ukraine. The court chose the organizer, co-organizer and one performer preventive measures in the form of detention. Two of their accomplices were given preventive measures in the form of house arrest.
Investigative actions are continuing to identify possible accomplices and the full range of victims. Additional qualifications are possible.
The deal was organized by a 31-year-old resident of the district center, who purchased databases of bank clients on the darknet and attracted friends and relatives to illegal activities.
According to the police, the accomplices set up a call center at the organizer's place of residence and called citizens under the guise of bank employees. Scammers purchased databases of bank clients on the darknet and copied confidential information, in particular, bank card numbers, CVV codes, SMS passwords, and so on.
Also, during the conversation, the "operators" urged citizens to install a mobile application to gain remote access to the victims ' gadgets. After that, the suspects carried out unauthorized access to the mobile application of online banking and withdrew funds to the bank accounts of drops. The assigned savings were cashed out at ATMs in Kryvyi Rih.
Investigators found that members of the criminal group embezzled more than 4 million hryvnias.
Police officers with the support of special forces KORD conducted eight searches at the addresses of registration and residence of the defendants, as well as in the car of the organizer of the group. Computer equipment, 28 mobile phones, 59 SIM cards, 55 SIM holders, 44 bank cards, 25 thousand hryvnias, 2500 dollars and 300 euros were seized. A petition for the seizure of the seized cash was sent to the court.
In addition, packages with a substance similar to a narcotic were found. Material evidence was sent for forensic examination.
Investigators declared the attackers suspected under Part 4 of Article 190 (Fraud). The Criminal Code of Ukraine. The court chose the organizer, co-organizer and one performer preventive measures in the form of detention. Two of their accomplices were given preventive measures in the form of house arrest.
Investigative actions are continuing to identify possible accomplices and the full range of victims. Additional qualifications are possible.
