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Deputy Head of the Main Directorate for Digital Development of the Preliminary Investigation of the Central Office of the Investigative Committee Sergei Gamko and Senior Investigator for Particularly Important Cases Maxim Karavaev took part in the XIV All-Russian Forum "AntiFroud Russia 2023", which took place in Moscow. The forum was attended by more than 600 representatives of the banking sector, e-commerce, telecom operators, law enforcement agencies, government agencies and organizations in the field of cybersecurity, BelTA was told in the information and public relations department of the Investigative Committee.
The forum consisted of panel discussions and round tables with the participation of representatives of law enforcement agencies, banking institutions, government agencies and organizations in the field of cybersecurity, as well as experts from the business community.
Deputy Head of the Main Directorate for Digital Development of Preliminary Investigation Sergei Gamko took part in the panel discussions “Legal regulation in the field of anti-fraud” and “Dangerous technologies”, where he shared the experience of Belarusian investigators in investigating crimes committed using information and communication technologies. He spoke about current cyber fraud schemes in the field of social engineering and methods of combating them. The positive results of the joint work of law enforcement agencies of Belarus and Russia were also touched upon.
“In 2023, the criminal activities of the three largest international organized scam groups were stopped and exposed, which over the past three years have committed more than 10 thousand thefts of property on an especially large scale against the citizens of our state. The scam groups included more than 2 thousand criminals As a result of activities carried out in Belarus and Russia, more than 30 members of scam groups were detained, 15 of whom were subject to a preventive measure in the form of detention. As a result of bilateral cooperation, more than 1.3 thousand criminal cases initiated by territorial divisions were combined in one proceeding of the Investigative Committee of Belarus on the facts of theft of funds from citizens’ accounts,” Sergei Gamko told the forum participants.
He also shared the positive experience of Belarusian investigators in combating criminal activity using phishing resources.
"The Investigative Committee of Belarus has specialists empowered to monitor phishing resources, identify them and send relevant information to block them. Application in practice of an algorithm for interaction between departments and organizations along the chain Investigative Committee - General Prosecutor's Office - Republican Unitary Enterprise for Supervision of Telecommunications "BelGIE" “The black list of resources allows you to effectively limit access to phishing links, which happens within three hours from the moment the corresponding request is sent,” said the deputy head of the main department of digital development of the preliminary investigation.
Forum participants paid special attention to countering drops - people who, for a monetary reward, provide attackers with access details to bank accounts opened in their names. Sergei Gamko also noted that the development of electronic commerce, the improvement of payment systems and services largely contributed to the emergence and subsequent development of new criminal acts related to the sale of bank payment card details, the distribution of authentication data for access to accounts and electronic wallets.
“Employees of the Investigative Committee of Belarus often established the circumstances of the sale by representatives of shadow Internet resources of large quantities of bank payment card details, through which funds were subsequently stolen. In addition, there were cases of distribution of authentication data that provided the opportunity to gain access to accounts in banking institutions and payment systems, non-banking financial institutions, distributed decentralized information systems,” emphasized Sergey Gamko.
He stated that the experience of investigating criminal cases in the information sphere allowed Belarusian investigators to identify certain issues that require additional legislative regulation. Recently, there has been an increase in crimes using deepfake technology. Fake content is widely used by attackers to manipulate the minds of potential victims who are ready to invest their savings in dubious profitable projects. Using examples of specific criminal cases, a representative of the Belarusian investigation told the forum participants about the criminal schemes of fraudsters who acted on behalf of representatives of large Belarusian companies, such as Belaruskali and Belenergo.
"AntiFroud Russia 2023" is one of the main events of the year in the fight against high-tech fraud in the banking sector, the field of digital products and services, e-commerce, and telecommunications. Its goal is a comprehensive discussion of legal, organizational and technical issues of combating fraud in the field of information technology, improving interaction between business and law enforcement agencies, and presenting new technologies and developments to the target audience of potential customers.
The forum consisted of panel discussions and round tables with the participation of representatives of law enforcement agencies, banking institutions, government agencies and organizations in the field of cybersecurity, as well as experts from the business community.
Deputy Head of the Main Directorate for Digital Development of Preliminary Investigation Sergei Gamko took part in the panel discussions “Legal regulation in the field of anti-fraud” and “Dangerous technologies”, where he shared the experience of Belarusian investigators in investigating crimes committed using information and communication technologies. He spoke about current cyber fraud schemes in the field of social engineering and methods of combating them. The positive results of the joint work of law enforcement agencies of Belarus and Russia were also touched upon.
“In 2023, the criminal activities of the three largest international organized scam groups were stopped and exposed, which over the past three years have committed more than 10 thousand thefts of property on an especially large scale against the citizens of our state. The scam groups included more than 2 thousand criminals As a result of activities carried out in Belarus and Russia, more than 30 members of scam groups were detained, 15 of whom were subject to a preventive measure in the form of detention. As a result of bilateral cooperation, more than 1.3 thousand criminal cases initiated by territorial divisions were combined in one proceeding of the Investigative Committee of Belarus on the facts of theft of funds from citizens’ accounts,” Sergei Gamko told the forum participants.
He also shared the positive experience of Belarusian investigators in combating criminal activity using phishing resources.
"The Investigative Committee of Belarus has specialists empowered to monitor phishing resources, identify them and send relevant information to block them. Application in practice of an algorithm for interaction between departments and organizations along the chain Investigative Committee - General Prosecutor's Office - Republican Unitary Enterprise for Supervision of Telecommunications "BelGIE" “The black list of resources allows you to effectively limit access to phishing links, which happens within three hours from the moment the corresponding request is sent,” said the deputy head of the main department of digital development of the preliminary investigation.
Forum participants paid special attention to countering drops - people who, for a monetary reward, provide attackers with access details to bank accounts opened in their names. Sergei Gamko also noted that the development of electronic commerce, the improvement of payment systems and services largely contributed to the emergence and subsequent development of new criminal acts related to the sale of bank payment card details, the distribution of authentication data for access to accounts and electronic wallets.
“Employees of the Investigative Committee of Belarus often established the circumstances of the sale by representatives of shadow Internet resources of large quantities of bank payment card details, through which funds were subsequently stolen. In addition, there were cases of distribution of authentication data that provided the opportunity to gain access to accounts in banking institutions and payment systems, non-banking financial institutions, distributed decentralized information systems,” emphasized Sergey Gamko.
He stated that the experience of investigating criminal cases in the information sphere allowed Belarusian investigators to identify certain issues that require additional legislative regulation. Recently, there has been an increase in crimes using deepfake technology. Fake content is widely used by attackers to manipulate the minds of potential victims who are ready to invest their savings in dubious profitable projects. Using examples of specific criminal cases, a representative of the Belarusian investigation told the forum participants about the criminal schemes of fraudsters who acted on behalf of representatives of large Belarusian companies, such as Belaruskali and Belenergo.
"AntiFroud Russia 2023" is one of the main events of the year in the fight against high-tech fraud in the banking sector, the field of digital products and services, e-commerce, and telecommunications. Its goal is a comprehensive discussion of legal, organizational and technical issues of combating fraud in the field of information technology, improving interaction between business and law enforcement agencies, and presenting new technologies and developments to the target audience of potential customers.
