The attacks sent parcels with dietary supplements that the victims did not order the pensioners. After that, they called the phone and, introducing themselves as medical workers or civil servants, they asked to pay for the goods at high prices.
In Ukraine, they exposed and reported suspicion of 13 participants in a criminal organization demanding money from pensioners under the sale of biologically active additives. They act in many regions of Ukraine. This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General on Friday, February 7.
According to the investigation, residents of DNIPROPETROVSK have organized call centers who have cheated the elderly. The attacks sent them parcels with dietary supplements, which the victims did not order. After that, they called the phone and, introducing themselves as medical workers or civil servants, they asked to pay for the goods at high prices.
If the pensioners refused, they were scared of fines, the opening of criminal proceedings, confiscation of ownership or blocking the pension card. Victims under psychological pressure moved money.
During searches in Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkov and Kyiv regions, hundreds of dietary supplements are seized, cash for more than 300 thousand dollars, computers, phones and documentation with instructions for Scammers.
Nine suspects are detained, investigating actions continue.
Earlier, law enforcement officials exposed scammers who cheated on entrepreneurs to buying generators during Blekuts.
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Source: korrespondent
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