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In Chernihiv region, the police eliminated a network of fraudulent call centers. In total, the victims suffered losses of more than 5.4 million hryvnias from illegal actions.
Police officers of Chernihiv region managed to expose a group of fraudsters from Nizhyn and Pryluk, who were represented by employees of banking institutions to seize the details of citizens cards. The police conducted a series of searches of 21 defendants and stopped the activity of a network of fraudulent call centers.
The investigation found that a group of residents of Nizhyn and Pryluk, with the aim of fraudulent activity, created a bot in one of the messengers. Subsequently, the attackers, under various pretexts, encouraged citizens who were interested in their offers to provide their bank card details. Having taken possession of confidential information, members of the group with the use of special software received unhindered access to the victims ' Internet banking. They used other people's money to pay mainly for a variety of computer and household appliances for their own consumption.
From illegal actions, the victims suffered losses of more than 5.4 million hryvnias.
The police conducted more than 20 authorized searches - in call centers, at the persons involved and in the premises belonging to them or in their use. As a result, dozens of computers and other electronic devices, more than three hundred SIM cards, draft documentation, bank cards, almost 100 thousand hryvnias in cash, and other material evidence were seized.
The seized items were used for conducting expert research.
The pre-trial investigation continues in criminal proceedings opened under Part 4 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (fraud committed on a large scale, or through illegal operations using electronic computing equipment). Its sanction provides for a penalty in the form of imprisonment for a term of three to eight years.
Police officers of Chernihiv region managed to expose a group of fraudsters from Nizhyn and Pryluk, who were represented by employees of banking institutions to seize the details of citizens cards. The police conducted a series of searches of 21 defendants and stopped the activity of a network of fraudulent call centers.
The investigation found that a group of residents of Nizhyn and Pryluk, with the aim of fraudulent activity, created a bot in one of the messengers. Subsequently, the attackers, under various pretexts, encouraged citizens who were interested in their offers to provide their bank card details. Having taken possession of confidential information, members of the group with the use of special software received unhindered access to the victims ' Internet banking. They used other people's money to pay mainly for a variety of computer and household appliances for their own consumption.
From illegal actions, the victims suffered losses of more than 5.4 million hryvnias.
The police conducted more than 20 authorized searches - in call centers, at the persons involved and in the premises belonging to them or in their use. As a result, dozens of computers and other electronic devices, more than three hundred SIM cards, draft documentation, bank cards, almost 100 thousand hryvnias in cash, and other material evidence were seized.
The seized items were used for conducting expert research.
The pre-trial investigation continues in criminal proceedings opened under Part 4 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (fraud committed on a large scale, or through illegal operations using electronic computing equipment). Its sanction provides for a penalty in the form of imprisonment for a term of three to eight years.
