One of the organizers of a large-scale fraudulent network was detained

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Operatives of the criminal police of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Transcarpathian region and the Department of Combating Cybercrime in the Transcarpathian region of the Cyber Police Department conducted a special operation to detain a 35-year-old attacker, who is one of the organizers of a fraudulent scheme, according to which scammers lured 7.5 million hryvnias from a 49-year-old migrant from the Donetsk region, the mother of The police detained him in Kiev, with the strong support of the KORDA fighters.

The money that the attackers took possession of, the woman received as a payment from the state in connection with the death of her son.

After the victim received financial assistance, unknown people started calling her. They argued that it is not necessary to keep money in Ukrainian banks, because in the near future they will go bankrupt. Scammers recommended that the woman put money into an account with a financial institution abroad and offered their help in this.

The woman agreed to such an offer and put 5 million hryvnias on a crypto wallet created by intruders. After some time, she wanted to withdraw part of the funds from the "account", but the scammers reported that these funds were seized and in order to unblock them, you need to transfer a certain amount of money to their accounts. Later, by several transfers, the victim transferred another UAH 2.5 million to the fraudsters. After that, the connection with the scammers was cut off.

The deceived woman turned to the local police for help.

Transcarpathian police have launched an investigation. Large-scale operational activities lasted almost 6 months, as fraudsters withdrew funds through numerous front persons and dozens of specially created accounts, including in cryptobanking. Law enforcement officers tracked in detail the route of movement of funds and as a result came to the main persons involved in this scheme. To solve the crime, the capabilities of the cyber police and the criminal analysis department of the GUNP were involved.

As of today, almost 50 searches have been conducted in the case in different regions of Ukraine: at the place of residence of the organizers and their possible accomplices. A number of important evidence was seized, in particular, a large amount of cash in foreign and national currency, as well as expensive cars of the defendants. One of the organizers of the fraudulent call center has already been delivered to Transcarpathia and placed in a temporary detention center. He gives statements to the police about his accomplices and cooperates with the investigation.

Under the procedural guidance of the District Prosecutor's Office, investigators of the Uzhgorod district Police Department informed the detainee of suspicion under Part 4 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Also, the court has already considered a request for a preventive measure for the suspect. In accordance with the court's ruling, the latter will be held in custody with the possibility of making a cash deposit in the amount of 13 million 285 thousand hryvnias.

Now operatives are establishing the location of other persons involved in this crime, and the circle of victims of scammers. The investigation continues.
 
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