Cyber police of Kharkiv region conducted a search at the "crypto wallet" of scammers who deceived EU citizens for 800 thousand euros

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Members of a transnational group stole confidential banking data of foreigners from more than 300 popular online trading platforms. The damage caused is almost 800 thousand euros. Police searched the home of the owner of one of the crypto wallets that were used to legalize funds.

Attackers used a special software code to steal payment data of EU citizens from more than 300 commercial sites. The damage caused by illegal activities is almost 800 thousand euros, which is equivalent to more than 30 million hryvnias.

Operatives of the cyber police of Kharkiv region, together with investigators of the investigative department of the GUNP of the region, located the 45-year-old owner of a crypto wallet, which, according to law enforcement officers of the French Republic, was used to legalize income received by members of the group.

Pursuant to an international request, police officers under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutor General's Office conducted a search of a resident of the regional center. Computer equipment and a mobile phone were seized.

French law enforcement officers are investigating criminal proceedings on the facts of unauthorized access and stay in automated data processing systems, unauthorized entry of data into an automated data processing system, unauthorized withdrawal of data from an automated data processing system, unauthorized collection of personal data, participation in a conspiracy (grouping of criminals), theft as part of an organized criminal group, which are provided for by the a number of articles of the French Criminal Code.
 
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