The illegal activity was organized by a native of Kherson, who, at the beginning of the full invasion of the Russian Federation, left for the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Security Service of Ukraine liquidated a fraudulent scheme in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Under the guise of collecting charitable aid for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the attackers appropriated the money of local residents, according to the website of the special service on Wednesday, November 23.
“To hide the criminal actions, the scammers called the leadership of the military-civilian administration of Kryvyi Rih as the organizer of the project. To implement the agreement, its organizer created a fake Telegram account of the head of CAA city, from which he “spread” the messages about the pseudo-event. Thus, the attacker on behalf of the official tried to deceive Ukrainian citizens worth hundreds of thousands of hryvnias,” the statement said.
The special service established that the illegal activity was organized by a native of Kherson, who arrived in the Dnipropetrovsk region at the beginning of the full invasion of the Russian Federation.
“He verified the fake account of the head of the CAA and filled it with data from the official’s real Telegram channel. At the end of September, the scammer posted there information about opening a bank account and collecting funds funds for defense needs. units. He fixed the donation link in the profile header. However, thanks to the quick reaction of the SBU, he was not able to deploy his fraudulent method “in full,” added SBU.
During searches of the attacker’s residence, law enforcement officials found a mobile phone and a bank card with evidence of criminal activities.
Currently, the defendant is notified of suspicion under the fraud article (part 3 of article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
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