In Transcarpathia, police, in collaboration with international partners, carried out a special operation, as a result of which they exposed and stopped the activities of a large network of fraudulent call centers that deceived foreign citizens, including Hungarian citizens.
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This was reported by the press service of the National Police.
The organizer of the “business,” a 29-year-old resident of Krivoy Rog, was detained in the Dnepropetrovsk region, and other members of the criminal organization, which included only 18 of his accomplices, were detained in Transcarpathia. They face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
The organizers placed dozens of operators in call centers who, on the leader’s instructions, made phone calls to foreigners and introduced themselves as employees of banking institutions:
- in the conversation, the scammers noted that they must tell their clients secret information. To do this, the victims were convinced to install a special application on their gadgets. After following this instruction, the attackers gained access to all bank accounts of foreigners and subsequently withdrew money to accounts that they had specifically created in advance for dummies;
- The “senior” set a goal for the members of the criminal organization: 100 thousand dollars in profit per week;
- Today it is known that the dealers defrauded the victims of almost a million dollars. Law enforcement officers managed to establish a detailed “route” for the movement of funds.
To stop the activities of the criminals, police conducted about 40 court-authorized searches in several regions of Ukraine – in the premises of the suspects and call centers that the defendants set up in rented premises within the Mukachevo region.
During the searches the following were confiscated:
- approximately five thousand units of equipment;
- weapon;
- narcotic substances;
- bank cards and money – almost 50 thousand dollars;
- 12 cars, including premium cars, including Mercedes, Ford, Volkswagen, BMW.
The detainees were informed of suspicion under Part 4 of Art. 28, part 1, 2 art. 255 and part 5 of Art. 190 of the Criminal Code – creation of a criminal organization and participation in it, with the aim of committing fraud on an especially large scale. They face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
The press service of the Transcarpathian Regional Prosecutor’s Office notes that currently 17 victims who are citizens of EU countries have been identified. Information about other persons who have become victims of fraudulent activities of the suspects is being checked.
Source: Racurs
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