More than half a million hryvnias in damages: the cyber police of the Dnipropetrovsk region detained criminals who appropriated the financial numbers of Ukrainians.
The attackers gained access to the victims' online banking and appropriated their savings. Suspects were announced to the extras and preventive measures in the form of detention were chosen. About this reported the Cyber police of Ukraine.
The cyber police of Dnipropetrovsk region, together with the employees of the investigative department of the State Police in the region, under the procedural guidance of the Left Bank District Prosecutor's Office of the city of Dnipro, stopped the illegal activities of a criminal group from Kryvyi Rih. The extras organized a scheme to fraudulently seize funds from citizens' bank accounts by reissuing SIM cards.
It was established that the persons involved, under the guise of employees of one of the mobile operators, called Ukrainians and, using social engineering methods, extorted confidential information for the reissuance of SIM cards.
Having gained access to the victims' financial numbers, the attackers entered the online banking system and withdrew the customers' funds. Later, the money was withdrawn at ATMs and terminals in Kryvyi Rih.
In this way, the accused caused damages to the victims in the amount of more than half a million hryvnias. Currently, the full range of victims and the total amount of damages is being established.
The policemen, with the force support of the Special Police Company and soldiers of the KORD unit, conducted a number of searches at the registered addresses and residences of members of the criminal group, as well as in their cars. Computer equipment, mobile phones, bank cards, cars and draft records and other physical evidence confirming the involvement of these persons in the commission of crimes were seized.
Investigators of the Dnipropetrovsk region informed the organizer and three of his accomplices about the suspicion of h. 4 Art. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. During the investigation, the Industrial District Court of Dnipro chose preventive measures for the suspects in the form of detention with the possibility of posting bail. Investigations are underway to identify possible accomplices of the perpetrators.
Employees of the security service of JSC CB "PrivatBank" contributed to the detection of the perpetrators.
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