Among the victims are citizens of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Currently, 16 foreigners have been identified as victims of financial fraud.
Operatives of the Department of Strategic Investigations together with investigators of the Main Investigation Department of the National Police and employees of the Criminal Investigation Department of the regional police exposed the functioning of the "call center" in the territory of the city of Ternopil. It has been established that a group of individuals "specialized" in fraudulently seizing funds of foreign citizens on a particularly large scale, using office premises with installed specialized equipment.
The call center staff was carefully selected: in order to communicate freely with potential victims, the staff had to speak a foreign language at a high level. Operators worked on existing customer bases, which were previously bought up on the DarkNet.
Posing as employees of financial institutions, the attackers asked bank account holders for their personal data. For this purpose, both psychological methods of influence and instructions developed in advance were used. For better communication, the latter was written in Polish and Slovak.
Call center operators also offered EU citizens another fraudulent scheme-to invest their personal funds in so-called "brokerage" projects with potentially high and fast profits.
Having received all the necessary banking data, the perpetrators transferred the victims ' funds to separate electronic wallets and bank cards. In the future, the attackers converted the received funds into cash on the territory of Ukraine.
The monthly income from the illegal activities of the international call center was about $ 100,000. Now the investigation has established that according to this scheme, the attackers deceived 16 citizens of Poland and Slovakia for tens of thousands of dollars.
On February 13, law enforcement officers under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutor General's Office conducted a search at the location of an office space in the city of Ternopil. As a result, they stopped the activity of a fraudulent call center, seized computer equipment, more than a hundred mobile phones, "rough" documentation and records.
Further measures are being taken to identify the organizers of the international fraudulent scheme and other persons involved.
Criminal proceedings are being investigated under Part 5 of Article 190 (Fraud). The Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The investigation continues.
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Operatives of the Department of Strategic Investigations together with investigators of the Main Investigation Department of the National Police and employees of the Criminal Investigation Department of the regional police exposed the functioning of the "call center" in the territory of the city of Ternopil. It has been established that a group of individuals "specialized" in fraudulently seizing funds of foreign citizens on a particularly large scale, using office premises with installed specialized equipment.
The call center staff was carefully selected: in order to communicate freely with potential victims, the staff had to speak a foreign language at a high level. Operators worked on existing customer bases, which were previously bought up on the DarkNet.
Posing as employees of financial institutions, the attackers asked bank account holders for their personal data. For this purpose, both psychological methods of influence and instructions developed in advance were used. For better communication, the latter was written in Polish and Slovak.
Call center operators also offered EU citizens another fraudulent scheme-to invest their personal funds in so-called "brokerage" projects with potentially high and fast profits.
Having received all the necessary banking data, the perpetrators transferred the victims ' funds to separate electronic wallets and bank cards. In the future, the attackers converted the received funds into cash on the territory of Ukraine.
The monthly income from the illegal activities of the international call center was about $ 100,000. Now the investigation has established that according to this scheme, the attackers deceived 16 citizens of Poland and Slovakia for tens of thousands of dollars.
On February 13, law enforcement officers under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutor General's Office conducted a search at the location of an office space in the city of Ternopil. As a result, they stopped the activity of a fraudulent call center, seized computer equipment, more than a hundred mobile phones, "rough" documentation and records.
Further measures are being taken to identify the organizers of the international fraudulent scheme and other persons involved.
Criminal proceedings are being investigated under Part 5 of Article 190 (Fraud). The Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The investigation continues.
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