Organized fraud forty-year-old Ukrainian from the Dnieper. As performers, he attracted two citizens of Ukraine and six Czech citizens who were put on the international wanted list for fraud as part of a criminal organization.
The attackers used virtual telephony with a fake number and called residents of the Czech Republic, posing as employees of the state supervisory banking authority. During the conversation, they persuaded victims to provide remote access to their phone or computer, or they learned bank card details and transferred funds to controlled accounts. In several cases, fraudsters convinced their victims to withdraw cash and hand it over to a fake courier who was supposedly supposed to deliver them to a safe place.
Thus, they managed to deceive at least sixteen residents of the Czech Republic for more than UAH 5.5 million. The funds received from illegal activities were converted into cryptocurrency or cashed out for the purchase of luxury cars and real estate, which were registered with friends and relatives.
Cyber police established the location and identity of the criminals. Law enforcement officers conducted 23 searches, as a result of which, with the strong support of the KORD fighters, the special police battalion and operatives of the criminal investigation department of the GUNP in the Odessa region, they detained all nine participants of the criminal scheme together with the organizer. During the search, they seized computer equipment and mobile phones with evidence of crimes committed, as well as elite cars of the defendants and more than one hundred thousand dollars in various currencies.
Investigators of the National Police announced to the Ukrainian defendants on suspicion of fraud committed on a particularly large scale by a criminal organization. They face up to twelve years in prison with confiscation of property. Foreign criminals were detained on the basis of instructions from the prosecutor, and petitions were sent to the court for further extradition to the Czech Republic.
This is the second case of successful investigation of illegal activities of call centers under the agreement on the creation of a joint investigation team (JIT) with Czech law enforcement agencies. In September 2023, the National Police of Ukraine extradited six fraudsters to representatives of the Czech law enforcement agencies - now they are in custody.
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The attackers used virtual telephony with a fake number and called residents of the Czech Republic, posing as employees of the state supervisory banking authority. During the conversation, they persuaded victims to provide remote access to their phone or computer, or they learned bank card details and transferred funds to controlled accounts. In several cases, fraudsters convinced their victims to withdraw cash and hand it over to a fake courier who was supposedly supposed to deliver them to a safe place.
Thus, they managed to deceive at least sixteen residents of the Czech Republic for more than UAH 5.5 million. The funds received from illegal activities were converted into cryptocurrency or cashed out for the purchase of luxury cars and real estate, which were registered with friends and relatives.
Cyber police established the location and identity of the criminals. Law enforcement officers conducted 23 searches, as a result of which, with the strong support of the KORD fighters, the special police battalion and operatives of the criminal investigation department of the GUNP in the Odessa region, they detained all nine participants of the criminal scheme together with the organizer. During the search, they seized computer equipment and mobile phones with evidence of crimes committed, as well as elite cars of the defendants and more than one hundred thousand dollars in various currencies.
Investigators of the National Police announced to the Ukrainian defendants on suspicion of fraud committed on a particularly large scale by a criminal organization. They face up to twelve years in prison with confiscation of property. Foreign criminals were detained on the basis of instructions from the prosecutor, and petitions were sent to the court for further extradition to the Czech Republic.
This is the second case of successful investigation of illegal activities of call centers under the agreement on the creation of a joint investigation team (JIT) with Czech law enforcement agencies. In September 2023, the National Police of Ukraine extradited six fraudsters to representatives of the Czech law enforcement agencies - now they are in custody.
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• Source: https://od.npu.gov.ua/news/ukrainsk...madian-chekhii-oshukaly-na-55-milioniv-hryven
