Three defendants called citizens, asked them for confidential information about the financial number and reissued SIM cards in order to get hold of the victims money. The indictment was sent to the court, and they face up to 15 years in prison.
In August 2023, the cyber police of the Dnipropetrovsk region, together with the investigators of the GUNP in the region, under the procedural guidance of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, documented the facts of fraud that three residents of Kryvyi Rih were engaged in.
Participants of the organized group received information about the financial numbers of citizens. Using confidential data, scammers carried out unauthorized access to SIM cards by re-issuing and duplicating them.
In the future, fraudsters transferred money to controlled bank accounts without the owners ' knowledge. To do this, we used a unique number-the password of the bank's clients, which is a means of identifying the transfer.
Last year, the police conducted six searches and seized evidence of illegal activities of the defendants. According to the results of the searches, the organizer, co-organizer and performer were detained. Investigators declared them suspicious.
During the investigation, cyber police operatives found that the accused, using illegally obtained financial information of citizens, also issued online loans on behalf of victims. The attackers received payments to controlled accounts.
Investigators identified 10 victims, including individuals and legal entities. The total amount of damage caused exceeds half a million hryvnias.
Now law enforcement officers have completed the investigation and sent an indictment to the court under Part 2, 3 of Article 27, Part 3 of Article 28, Part 1 of Article 182 (Violation of privacy), Part 5 of Article 185 (Theft), Part 4 of Article 190 (as amended on 28.04.2023), Part 5 of Article 190 (Fraud), Part 5 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Malefactors face up to fifteen years in prison.
Employees of the security service and Sense Bank JSC helped to expose the attackers.
In August 2023, the cyber police of the Dnipropetrovsk region, together with the investigators of the GUNP in the region, under the procedural guidance of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, documented the facts of fraud that three residents of Kryvyi Rih were engaged in.
Participants of the organized group received information about the financial numbers of citizens. Using confidential data, scammers carried out unauthorized access to SIM cards by re-issuing and duplicating them.
In the future, fraudsters transferred money to controlled bank accounts without the owners ' knowledge. To do this, we used a unique number-the password of the bank's clients, which is a means of identifying the transfer.
Last year, the police conducted six searches and seized evidence of illegal activities of the defendants. According to the results of the searches, the organizer, co-organizer and performer were detained. Investigators declared them suspicious.
During the investigation, cyber police operatives found that the accused, using illegally obtained financial information of citizens, also issued online loans on behalf of victims. The attackers received payments to controlled accounts.
Investigators identified 10 victims, including individuals and legal entities. The total amount of damage caused exceeds half a million hryvnias.
Now law enforcement officers have completed the investigation and sent an indictment to the court under Part 2, 3 of Article 27, Part 3 of Article 28, Part 1 of Article 182 (Violation of privacy), Part 5 of Article 185 (Theft), Part 4 of Article 190 (as amended on 28.04.2023), Part 5 of Article 190 (Fraud), Part 5 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Malefactors face up to fifteen years in prison.
Employees of the security service and Sense Bank JSC helped to expose the attackers.
