The group consisted of ten people from 20 to 26 years old-these are two organizers and accomplices who fraudulently appropriated virtual assets of citizens. The indictment was sent to the court, the attackers face up to twelve years behind bars.
Recall that in early March of this year, the metropolitan cyber police, together with investigators from the investigative department of the Darnytskyi Police Department in Kiev, under the procedural guidance of the Darnytskyi District Prosecutor's Office, discovered and stopped the activities of a criminal organization whose members fraudulently seized funds of citizens.
The organizers were 21-year-old and 26-year-old residents of the Kiev region, who attracted eight more residents of Kiev, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia and Rivne regions from 20 to 23 years old to illegal activities. The vast majority of the defendants have known each other since childhood.
The attackers used Telegram channels to distribute ads about earning money on cryptocurrency and then corresponded with potential victims. To do this, they set up two call centers in the territory of the Kiev region. The operators persuaded the victims to transfer their own assets to crypto wallets created in advance by the defendants.
To gain confidence in citizens and encourage them to transfer large amounts, the attackers first returned the so-called investments with a small excess, and then appropriated the invested funds and stopped contacting them.
Law enforcement officers conducted 28 searches at the residential addresses of the defendants and in their cars, where they seized material evidence of criminal activity. The attackers were informed about suspicion of committing crimes under Part 1, 2 of Article 255 (Creation, management, participation in a criminal organization), Part 4 of Article 190 and Part 4 of Article 28, Part 5 of Article 190 (Fraud). The Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Now the pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings has been completed, the indictment has been sent to the Darnytskyi District Court of Kyiv for consideration of the case on its merits. The defendants face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
• Source: https://kyiv.npu.gov.ua/news/pryvla...evi-sudytymut-chleniv-zlochynnoi-orhanizatsii
Recall that in early March of this year, the metropolitan cyber police, together with investigators from the investigative department of the Darnytskyi Police Department in Kiev, under the procedural guidance of the Darnytskyi District Prosecutor's Office, discovered and stopped the activities of a criminal organization whose members fraudulently seized funds of citizens.
The organizers were 21-year-old and 26-year-old residents of the Kiev region, who attracted eight more residents of Kiev, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia and Rivne regions from 20 to 23 years old to illegal activities. The vast majority of the defendants have known each other since childhood.
The attackers used Telegram channels to distribute ads about earning money on cryptocurrency and then corresponded with potential victims. To do this, they set up two call centers in the territory of the Kiev region. The operators persuaded the victims to transfer their own assets to crypto wallets created in advance by the defendants.
To gain confidence in citizens and encourage them to transfer large amounts, the attackers first returned the so-called investments with a small excess, and then appropriated the invested funds and stopped contacting them.
Law enforcement officers conducted 28 searches at the residential addresses of the defendants and in their cars, where they seized material evidence of criminal activity. The attackers were informed about suspicion of committing crimes under Part 1, 2 of Article 255 (Creation, management, participation in a criminal organization), Part 4 of Article 190 and Part 4 of Article 28, Part 5 of Article 190 (Fraud). The Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Now the pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings has been completed, the indictment has been sent to the Darnytskyi District Court of Kyiv for consideration of the case on its merits. The defendants face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
• Source: https://kyiv.npu.gov.ua/news/pryvla...evi-sudytymut-chleniv-zlochynnoi-orhanizatsii
