The perpetrators acted according to similar schemes: they obtained bank card data of citizens with the help of phishing links that copied the interface of online banking pages, ad platform sites, online stores, etc. More than a thousand citizens suffered from illegal actions.
The members of the two criminal groups were exposed by the employees of the Kharkiv Region Anti-Cybercrime Department together with the Main Investigative Department of the National Police and with the assistance of the security services of Monobank and PrivatBank.
13 people united in one group, who created and administered a community in "Telegram", where they posted instructions and phishing links for other members of the fraudulent group. Further, the attackers sent these links in messengers under the guise of offers to arrange financial payments, to receive funds for the sold goods. Data entered by users on phishing sites automatically became known to those involved.
The organizer of the scheme compromised the payment cards of the bank's customers and "withdrawn" the victims' money to controlled accounts using payment systems.
A similar scheme was implemented by three residents of Dnipropetrovsk region.
According to operational data, at least a thousand people were affected by the illegal actions of both criminal groups. The total amount of damage caused to the victims is almost two million hryvnias.
The law enforcement officers searched the houses of the accused. Computer equipment, telephones, bank cards, money and SIM cards were taken.
Criminal proceedings have been opened under Part 1, 2 of Art. 255 (Creation, management of a criminal community or criminal organization, as well as participation in it), Part 4 of Art. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Extras can face up to twelve years in prison with confiscation of property.
Suspicions were announced against five members of organized groups, three of whom were detained in accordance with Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.
Procedural management is carried out by prosecutors of the General Prosecutor's Office.
The Cyber Police reminds citizens of the danger of following suspicious hyperlinks, as a phishing resource may be hiding behind them.
Any differences in the URL can indicate phishing. We recommend that you never enter confidential data on suspicious sites.
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