FSB officers have uncovered a network of 29 offices for illegal cash withdrawal of hryvnia in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Zaporizhia region. The suspects did this with the use of cryptocurrencies through foreign electronic financial platforms, the press service of the regional FSB department reported.
"The Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Zaporozhye region has stopped the activities of an interregional criminal group consisting of employees of a commercial organization involved in illegal banking activities in the territory of the Zaporozhye region and the DPR. 29 offices specializing in illegal banking operations to cash out the hryvnia under the guise of acquiring through currency terminals and mobile applications of Ukrainian banks, as well as on transactions with cryptocurrency through foreign electronic financial platforms, have been discontinued," the report says.
According to preliminary data of the Federal Security Service, the amount of cashed and withdrawn abroad in 2023 amounted to about 500 million Ukrainian hryvnias (1.2 billion rubles). GSU of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in the Zaporozhye region opened a criminal case against three suspects under paragraph " a " of Part 2 of Article 172 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (illegal banking activities committed by an organized group of persons).
Investigative actions continue.
"The Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Zaporozhye region has stopped the activities of an interregional criminal group consisting of employees of a commercial organization involved in illegal banking activities in the territory of the Zaporozhye region and the DPR. 29 offices specializing in illegal banking operations to cash out the hryvnia under the guise of acquiring through currency terminals and mobile applications of Ukrainian banks, as well as on transactions with cryptocurrency through foreign electronic financial platforms, have been discontinued," the report says.
According to preliminary data of the Federal Security Service, the amount of cashed and withdrawn abroad in 2023 amounted to about 500 million Ukrainian hryvnias (1.2 billion rubles). GSU of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in the Zaporozhye region opened a criminal case against three suspects under paragraph " a " of Part 2 of Article 172 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (illegal banking activities committed by an organized group of persons).
Investigative actions continue.
