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Under the procedural guidance of prosecutors of the Zhytomyr Regional Prosecutor's Office, four prisoners were informed of suspicion of fraud, committed repeatedly, by prior conspiracy by a group of persons, using electronic computer technology (Part 4 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The investigation established that a group of convicts serving sentences for various crimes in a correctional colony in the Zhytomyr region organized a so-called call center and fraudulently withdrew funds from citizens’ bank accounts.
The suspects introduced themselves over the phone as bank employees and told account holders that they had allegedly received assistance from the state. But to receive funds, you need to provide your bank account details and confirmation code, which will be sent in SMS messages. One of them even changed his voice to a woman’s for secrecy.
Misled victims followed the instructions of the scammers and instantly got rid of certain amounts, suspecting nothing. Businessmen withdrew money from the accounts of individual gullible citizens using a mobile device more than ten times. After communicating with the “bank employee,” pensioners, citizens of a socially vulnerable category, and relatives of military personnel lost up to a quarter of a thousand hryvnia of their savings instead of help.
About a dozen residents of different regions suffered from fraudulent activities. The probable number of victims is now being established. During January-August 2023, the suspects enriched themselves by more than fifty thousand hryvnia.
During searches in the cells of the institution where the suspects are serving their sentences, cash hryvnia, US dollars, euros, Russian rubles in hryvnia equivalent worth almost 60 thousand UAH, 13 mobile phones, SIM cards, a modem for wireless Internet, bank cards, four notebooks with rough notes, in particular, taking into account the receipt of funds, receipts for the transfer of money and other evidence of fraud.
The criminal activity was exposed by the Zhytomyr Regional Prosecutor's Office together with the UAS in the region, the GUNP in the region, with operational support from the Department of Strategic Investigations in the Far Eastern Region of the National Police of Ukraine.
The investigation established that a group of convicts serving sentences for various crimes in a correctional colony in the Zhytomyr region organized a so-called call center and fraudulently withdrew funds from citizens’ bank accounts.
The suspects introduced themselves over the phone as bank employees and told account holders that they had allegedly received assistance from the state. But to receive funds, you need to provide your bank account details and confirmation code, which will be sent in SMS messages. One of them even changed his voice to a woman’s for secrecy.
Misled victims followed the instructions of the scammers and instantly got rid of certain amounts, suspecting nothing. Businessmen withdrew money from the accounts of individual gullible citizens using a mobile device more than ten times. After communicating with the “bank employee,” pensioners, citizens of a socially vulnerable category, and relatives of military personnel lost up to a quarter of a thousand hryvnia of their savings instead of help.
About a dozen residents of different regions suffered from fraudulent activities. The probable number of victims is now being established. During January-August 2023, the suspects enriched themselves by more than fifty thousand hryvnia.
During searches in the cells of the institution where the suspects are serving their sentences, cash hryvnia, US dollars, euros, Russian rubles in hryvnia equivalent worth almost 60 thousand UAH, 13 mobile phones, SIM cards, a modem for wireless Internet, bank cards, four notebooks with rough notes, in particular, taking into account the receipt of funds, receipts for the transfer of money and other evidence of fraud.
The criminal activity was exposed by the Zhytomyr Regional Prosecutor's Office together with the UAS in the region, the GUNP in the region, with operational support from the Department of Strategic Investigations in the Far Eastern Region of the National Police of Ukraine.
