According to preliminary estimates, the total amount of damage caused to the victims may amount to more than 2 million hryvnias.
As the police established, four residents of the Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovohrad regions were involved in illegal activities. In social networks, they searched for ads about raising money to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine and treat wounded soldiers. Then they called the phone numbers received during communication in the messenger. Using fake accounts in social networks, the defendants presented themselves as employees of a payment organization and offered to receive a money transfer from Poland. Under the guise of converting zlotys into hryvnias, the perpetrators proposed a certain algorithm of actions, received personal and bank data of citizens, and then appropriated money from the victims accounts.
The criminal activities of the defendants were exposed by employees of the Kamensk Regional Police Department together with the Department of Criminal Investigation, Criminal Analysis and the Department of Countering Cybercrime in the Dnipropetrovsk region under the procedural guidance of the Kamensk District Prosecutor's Office.
At the places of residence and in the cars of the attackers, law enforcement officers conducted searches. Computer equipment, mobile phones, bank cards, "rough" records, as well as four cars were seized.
The defendants were informed of suspicion under Part 3 of Article 190 (fraud), Part 4 of Article 185 (theft), Part 1, 2 of Article 361 (unauthorized interference in the operation of information (automated), electronic communication, information and communication systems, electronic communication networks) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Now the issue of choosing a preventive measure in the form of detention is being resolved.
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Cyber police officers have exposed intruders who pretended to be philanthropists and deceived Ukrainians for more than a million hryvnias. The organizer of the scam was sentenced to 9.5 years in prison, and his accomplices - to 8.5 years with confiscation of property.
In the summer of 2023, the cyber police of Dnipropetrovsk region, together with employees of the criminal police of the Kamensky District Police Department of the region, under the procedural guidance of the Kamensky District Prosecutor's Office, exposed intruders who deceived citizens under the guise of charitable organizations.
During the investigation, it was established that the accused found ads on the Internet about raising funds to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine and treat the military. Posing as representatives of international volunteer organizations or payment institutions, fraudsters from fake pages in social networks offered "help".
To receive a money transfer, usually from Poland to zlotys, the attackers offered the victims to perform certain actions allegedly to convert funds. In fact, the scammers lured out personal and banking data, which they used to log in to the victims ' online banking and withdraw money to controlled bank accounts.
The investigators found that the accused seized the funds of almost 100 residents from different regions of Ukraine. The total amount of damage caused is UAH 1.3 million. The property of the defendants was seized. Now the victims have already been reimbursed almost 330 thousand UAH.
At the end of March this year, law enforcement officers completed the investigation and sent an indictment to the court. The court found the participants of the organized group guilty under Part 3 of Article 28, Part 5 of Article 185 (Theft), Part 4 of Article 190 (Fraud), Part 1, 2 of Article 361 (Unauthorized interference in the operation of information (automated) systems). The Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The organizer of the group was sentenced to 9.5 years, and his accomplices-to 8.5 years in prison with confiscation of their property.
Members of the organized group will remain in custody until the verdict comes into force.
• Source: https://www.npu.gov.ua/news/oshukal...-dnipropetrovshchyni-zasudyly-hrupu-shakhraiv
As the police established, four residents of the Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovohrad regions were involved in illegal activities. In social networks, they searched for ads about raising money to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine and treat wounded soldiers. Then they called the phone numbers received during communication in the messenger. Using fake accounts in social networks, the defendants presented themselves as employees of a payment organization and offered to receive a money transfer from Poland. Under the guise of converting zlotys into hryvnias, the perpetrators proposed a certain algorithm of actions, received personal and bank data of citizens, and then appropriated money from the victims accounts.
The criminal activities of the defendants were exposed by employees of the Kamensk Regional Police Department together with the Department of Criminal Investigation, Criminal Analysis and the Department of Countering Cybercrime in the Dnipropetrovsk region under the procedural guidance of the Kamensk District Prosecutor's Office.
At the places of residence and in the cars of the attackers, law enforcement officers conducted searches. Computer equipment, mobile phones, bank cards, "rough" records, as well as four cars were seized.
The defendants were informed of suspicion under Part 3 of Article 190 (fraud), Part 4 of Article 185 (theft), Part 1, 2 of Article 361 (unauthorized interference in the operation of information (automated), electronic communication, information and communication systems, electronic communication networks) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Now the issue of choosing a preventive measure in the form of detention is being resolved.
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Cyber police officers have exposed intruders who pretended to be philanthropists and deceived Ukrainians for more than a million hryvnias. The organizer of the scam was sentenced to 9.5 years in prison, and his accomplices - to 8.5 years with confiscation of property.
In the summer of 2023, the cyber police of Dnipropetrovsk region, together with employees of the criminal police of the Kamensky District Police Department of the region, under the procedural guidance of the Kamensky District Prosecutor's Office, exposed intruders who deceived citizens under the guise of charitable organizations.
During the investigation, it was established that the accused found ads on the Internet about raising funds to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine and treat the military. Posing as representatives of international volunteer organizations or payment institutions, fraudsters from fake pages in social networks offered "help".
To receive a money transfer, usually from Poland to zlotys, the attackers offered the victims to perform certain actions allegedly to convert funds. In fact, the scammers lured out personal and banking data, which they used to log in to the victims ' online banking and withdraw money to controlled bank accounts.
The investigators found that the accused seized the funds of almost 100 residents from different regions of Ukraine. The total amount of damage caused is UAH 1.3 million. The property of the defendants was seized. Now the victims have already been reimbursed almost 330 thousand UAH.
At the end of March this year, law enforcement officers completed the investigation and sent an indictment to the court. The court found the participants of the organized group guilty under Part 3 of Article 28, Part 5 of Article 185 (Theft), Part 4 of Article 190 (Fraud), Part 1, 2 of Article 361 (Unauthorized interference in the operation of information (automated) systems). The Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The organizer of the group was sentenced to 9.5 years, and his accomplices-to 8.5 years in prison with confiscation of their property.
Members of the organized group will remain in custody until the verdict comes into force.
• Source: https://www.npu.gov.ua/news/oshukal...-dnipropetrovshchyni-zasudyly-hrupu-shakhraiv
