The criminal group has been operating on the territory of Ukraine since August 2022. Investigators have established that its organizer is a resident of the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region, who was previously the "Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPR".
The police exposed a fraudulent call center headed by the former "Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPR". This was reported by the press service of the National Police of Ukraine.
"Under the guise of employees of the security service of leading Ukrainian banks, the attackers made phone calls to citizens, interfered with their mobile banking and transferred the victims' money to the bank accounts of figureheads, international cryptocurrency exchanges and accounts of gambling platforms. The police identify all the victims, the amount of damage caused may exceed 100 million hryvnias," the police said in a statement.
Investigators have established that the organizer of the criminal group is a resident of the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region, who held the position of "Minister of Foreign Affairs" of the so-called "DPR"in April 2014. Cells of the criminal group operated in Russia, in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as in some other regions of Ukraine.
During the large-scale operation, 38 searches were conducted in six regions of the country and the criminal activities of an organized criminal group were documented. It is established that the group operated on the territory of Ukraine from August 2022 to November 2023.
Six of the defendants were charged with fraud, as well as theft committed by an organized group of persons.
"A petition for choosing a preventive measure in the form of detention was handed over to four of them. Other defendants who are hiding abroad are put on the international wanted list," the police said in a statement.
The police exposed a fraudulent call center headed by the former "Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPR". This was reported by the press service of the National Police of Ukraine.
"Under the guise of employees of the security service of leading Ukrainian banks, the attackers made phone calls to citizens, interfered with their mobile banking and transferred the victims' money to the bank accounts of figureheads, international cryptocurrency exchanges and accounts of gambling platforms. The police identify all the victims, the amount of damage caused may exceed 100 million hryvnias," the police said in a statement.
Investigators have established that the organizer of the criminal group is a resident of the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region, who held the position of "Minister of Foreign Affairs" of the so-called "DPR"in April 2014. Cells of the criminal group operated in Russia, in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as in some other regions of Ukraine.
During the large-scale operation, 38 searches were conducted in six regions of the country and the criminal activities of an organized criminal group were documented. It is established that the group operated on the territory of Ukraine from August 2022 to November 2023.
Six of the defendants were charged with fraud, as well as theft committed by an organized group of persons.
"A petition for choosing a preventive measure in the form of detention was handed over to four of them. Other defendants who are hiding abroad are put on the international wanted list," the police said in a statement.
