Under the guise of employees of the security service of leading Ukrainian banks, the attackers called citizens, interfered with their mobile banking and transferred the victims ' money to the bank accounts of figureheads, international cryptocurrency exchanges and accounts of gambling platforms. The police identify all the injured citizens, the amount of damage caused may exceed 100 million hryvnia.
During the pre-trial investigation, police investigators established that the organizer of the criminal group is a resident of the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region, who in April 2014 served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic. Cells of his criminal group operated in the Russian Federation, in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as in some other regions of Ukraine.
Employees of the Main Investigation Department and Criminal Investigation Departments of the National Police of Ukraine, together with the Cyber Police and employees of the criminal investigation departments of the GUNP in the Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, and Poltava regions, with the strong support of the special forces of the KORD and PPOP, carried out a large-scale operation in six regions of the country, during which it was established that the group operated on the territory of Ukraine from August 2022 to November 2023.
Under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutor General's Office, six defendants were notified of suspicion for fraud and theft committed by an organized group of persons (Part 4 of Article 190 and Part 5 of Article 185 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). A petition for the election of a preventive measure in the form of detention was handed over to four of them. Other defendants hiding abroad are put on the international wanted list.
The pre-trial investigation continues.
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During the pre-trial investigation, police investigators established that the organizer of the criminal group is a resident of the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region, who in April 2014 served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic. Cells of his criminal group operated in the Russian Federation, in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as in some other regions of Ukraine.
Employees of the Main Investigation Department and Criminal Investigation Departments of the National Police of Ukraine, together with the Cyber Police and employees of the criminal investigation departments of the GUNP in the Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, and Poltava regions, with the strong support of the special forces of the KORD and PPOP, carried out a large-scale operation in six regions of the country, during which it was established that the group operated on the territory of Ukraine from August 2022 to November 2023.
Under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutor General's Office, six defendants were notified of suspicion for fraud and theft committed by an organized group of persons (Part 4 of Article 190 and Part 5 of Article 185 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). A petition for the election of a preventive measure in the form of detention was handed over to four of them. Other defendants hiding abroad are put on the international wanted list.
The pre-trial investigation continues.
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