Carding 4 Carders
Professional
The attackers were exposed by employees of the Department of Combating Cybercrime in the Ivano-Frankivsk region together with investigators of the investigative department of the region under the procedural guidance of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Prosecutor's Office.
The scheme was organized by three residents of the Carpathian region aged from 23 to 28 years. By selecting passwords, the defendants hacked into the electronic mailboxes of citizens to which social network accounts were "linked". Thus, they got access to the pages and sent messages on behalf of the owners to friends of the latter asking them to borrow money.
To transfer funds, the attackers specified the numbers of controlled bank accounts. The criminals spent the money obtained by criminal means on their own needs.
Now two dozen victims have been identified, who were deceived by scammers. The total amount of damage is about 150 thousand hryvnias.
In the homes of the defendants, the police conducted searches. Computer equipment, mobile phones, bank and SIM cards, "rough" records, funds totaling more than one million hryvnias and other evidence of illegal activities were seized. At the request of law enforcement officers, the seized property was seized.
The attackers were charged under Part 3 of Article 190 (Fraud), Part 1, 2 of Article 361 (Unauthorized interference in the operation of information (automated), electronic communication, information and communication systems, electronic communication networks) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The defendants face up to five years in prison.
Investigative actions are continuing to establish all victims of criminal acts and the total amount of damage caused.
The scheme was organized by three residents of the Carpathian region aged from 23 to 28 years. By selecting passwords, the defendants hacked into the electronic mailboxes of citizens to which social network accounts were "linked". Thus, they got access to the pages and sent messages on behalf of the owners to friends of the latter asking them to borrow money.
To transfer funds, the attackers specified the numbers of controlled bank accounts. The criminals spent the money obtained by criminal means on their own needs.
Now two dozen victims have been identified, who were deceived by scammers. The total amount of damage is about 150 thousand hryvnias.
In the homes of the defendants, the police conducted searches. Computer equipment, mobile phones, bank and SIM cards, "rough" records, funds totaling more than one million hryvnias and other evidence of illegal activities were seized. At the request of law enforcement officers, the seized property was seized.
The attackers were charged under Part 3 of Article 190 (Fraud), Part 1, 2 of Article 361 (Unauthorized interference in the operation of information (automated), electronic communication, information and communication systems, electronic communication networks) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The defendants face up to five years in prison.
Investigative actions are continuing to establish all victims of criminal acts and the total amount of damage caused.
