The organizers created and ensured the operation of fraudulent centers in Nikolaev, Odessa, Dnipro and Krivoy Rog.
Office staff found out confidential information of citizens or involved in pseudo-investment projects. Law enforcement officers conducted 8 searches.
In total, more than 400 people worked in these call-centers. Operators, using social engineering methods, in particular, pre-designed scenarios for communicating with citizens and manipulative techniques aimed at invoking trust, offered citizens to invest in pseudo-broker projects or made phone calls under the guise of security officers of banks and mobile operators.
Offenders learned card details and codes from SMS messages for subsequent embezzlement of money.
The amount of damage caused to the victims is established. Law enforcement officers conducted searches at the locations of call-centers. About 350 pieces of computer equipment were confiscated, as well as mobile phones, hard drives, SIM cards and documentation.
Now one organizer who has equipped a call-center in Nikolaev has been exposed. Other organizers of similar schemes are being established.
Opened four criminal proceedings under Part 3 of Art. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for up to eight years in prison.
Office staff found out confidential information of citizens or involved in pseudo-investment projects. Law enforcement officers conducted 8 searches.
In total, more than 400 people worked in these call-centers. Operators, using social engineering methods, in particular, pre-designed scenarios for communicating with citizens and manipulative techniques aimed at invoking trust, offered citizens to invest in pseudo-broker projects or made phone calls under the guise of security officers of banks and mobile operators.
Offenders learned card details and codes from SMS messages for subsequent embezzlement of money.
The amount of damage caused to the victims is established. Law enforcement officers conducted searches at the locations of call-centers. About 350 pieces of computer equipment were confiscated, as well as mobile phones, hard drives, SIM cards and documentation.
Now one organizer who has equipped a call-center in Nikolaev has been exposed. Other organizers of similar schemes are being established.
Opened four criminal proceedings under Part 3 of Art. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for up to eight years in prison.
