A man and a woman searched for displaced persons in Telegram channels and offered to receive supposedly financial assistance from foreign partners. To do this, residents went to a fake phishing site, entered their bank card details, and the scammers withdrew all the money from their accounts. According to the established scheme, the defendants misled about half a hundred citizens. They face from 3 to 5 years in prison.
The Kiev police were contacted by representatives of one of the state-owned banks, who reported that unknown persons, posing as employees of a financial institution, commit fraudulent actions against customers-withdraw money from their accounts. Investigators of the metropolitan police headquarters, with the operational support of employees of the cyber police department in Kiev and the procedural management of the Kiev City Prosecutor's Office, exposed two scammers.
"The suspects were residents of Zaporozhye-a 28-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman. It is established that the accomplices created a fake phishing site similar to one of the well-known state-owned banks, and then, under the guise of employees of this bank, they searched for immigrants in Telegram channels and offered to receive allegedly financial assistance from foreign partners. By clicking on the link and entering the details of their bank cards, citizens provided scammers with access to the bank, and they, in turn, withdrew money from their accounts. It was established that fraudsters misled 54 people," said Yevgeny Chernyakhovsky, head of the General Criminal Investigation Department of the Kiev Police Investigation Department.
In total, the suspects withdrew more than 400 thousand hryvnias from the accounts of citizens. During searches at their places of residence, investigators seized notebooks with rough notes, documentation that certifies their criminal activities, computer equipment, mobile phones and SIM cards. Efforts are continuing to identify other participants in the crime, as well as victims.
Kiev police investigators informed the attackers of suspicion of committing a criminal offense under Part 3 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine-fraud committed under a state of war or emergency, which caused significant damage to the victim. The sanction of the article provides for 3 to 5 years of imprisonment. The pre-trial investigation continues.
The Kiev police were contacted by representatives of one of the state-owned banks, who reported that unknown persons, posing as employees of a financial institution, commit fraudulent actions against customers-withdraw money from their accounts. Investigators of the metropolitan police headquarters, with the operational support of employees of the cyber police department in Kiev and the procedural management of the Kiev City Prosecutor's Office, exposed two scammers.
"The suspects were residents of Zaporozhye-a 28-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman. It is established that the accomplices created a fake phishing site similar to one of the well-known state-owned banks, and then, under the guise of employees of this bank, they searched for immigrants in Telegram channels and offered to receive allegedly financial assistance from foreign partners. By clicking on the link and entering the details of their bank cards, citizens provided scammers with access to the bank, and they, in turn, withdrew money from their accounts. It was established that fraudsters misled 54 people," said Yevgeny Chernyakhovsky, head of the General Criminal Investigation Department of the Kiev Police Investigation Department.
In total, the suspects withdrew more than 400 thousand hryvnias from the accounts of citizens. During searches at their places of residence, investigators seized notebooks with rough notes, documentation that certifies their criminal activities, computer equipment, mobile phones and SIM cards. Efforts are continuing to identify other participants in the crime, as well as victims.
Kiev police investigators informed the attackers of suspicion of committing a criminal offense under Part 3 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine-fraud committed under a state of war or emergency, which caused significant damage to the victim. The sanction of the article provides for 3 to 5 years of imprisonment. The pre-trial investigation continues.
