Details of the detention of members of a criminal group who were engaged in clothing carding have been revealed

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Minsk, 20 January (BELTA). The head of the Main Department for Combating Cybercrime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Andrei Kovalev, revealed details of the detention of members of a criminal group who were engaged in clothing carding, BelTA has learned.

As reported, on January 18, an international police operation was conducted in the territories of Belarus and Spain with the support of law enforcement agencies of the United States of America to stop the activities of a cross-border organized criminal group. Natives of the CIS countries who were engaged in clothing carding were detained: they purchased expensive goods in foreign online stores at the expense of funds from other people's bank cards, the details of which were purchased on the darknet. The damage is estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars.

"This group came to our attention several years ago. We started developing them. A number of operational and technical measures were carried out. It should be noted that the group is professional, well-coordinated, and has been formed for several years. Each participant knew their role and purpose and received money for it, " said Andrey Kovalev. - They have been engaged in their criminal activities for more than 10 years. Their criminal activity has been proven. In order to document and prove directly their criminal activities, we worked very closely with the law enforcement agencies of the United States of America for almost six months. It is not the first year that the central office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been operating such a channel for transmitting and storing operational and technical information as a national contact point, within which we work with 89 countries around the world. This is not an exhaustive list. We also work through the channels of Interpol, interact with the Investigative Committee, if international cooperation is needed. As a result of this multi-month correspondence, the exchange of certain operational and technical information, we were able to document and prove their involvement in criminal activities."

Everything was organized quite simply. "There were certain individuals on the darknet who used cryptocurrency to buy the details of compromised bank payment cards. Using the same banking details, another group has already paid for the necessary goods on Internet forums and online platforms on the Internet. The next group sent this product, brought it out, roughly speaking, just sold it on this or that site at a very low cost, " said the head of the main department. - About 12 searches were conducted on the territory of Minsk, and 6 people were detained on January 18. Already as a result of joint work, another accomplice was detained yesterday. The work continues, and every day, I am sure, the number of detainees and defendants in this case will grow."-0-

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