The cyber police of Dnipropetrovsk region, together with the investigators of the regional State Public Prosecutor's Office, under the procedural guidance of the Dnipropetrovsk regional prosecutor's office, exposed three fraudsters from the city of Kamianske, who were selling non-existent goods via the Internet. About this reported in the Cyber Police of Ukraine.
It was established that the 33-year-old man, together with his friend, placed on a well-known online trading service and social network an advertisement for the sale of drones, computer equipment, motor vehicles and auto parts at the most attractive price. In the future, the dealers involved another acquaintance of theirs in illegal activities.
Fraudsters convinced buyers to make a subscription for the selected product to the fraudsters' bank cards. After receiving the funds, the perpetrators stopped communicating, and the customers never received their purchases.
In this way, the accused defrauded at least 20 residents of Ukraine from different regions. The total amount of damages is almost 1,2 million hryvnias.
The police, with the support of KORD special agents, conducted 20 searches at the places of residence and registration of the members of the criminal group, as well as in their premises and vehicles. Bank cards, computer equipment, telephones, SIM cards, drafts, four cars and cash in various currencies in the amount equivalent to 200 thousand hryvnias were seized.
Investigators of the National Security Service in Dnipropetrovsk Region have declared the organizer and his accomplice under suspicion under Articles 3 and 4 of Art. 190, and their accomplice - according to Part 2 of Art. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Regarding the first two defendants, the court chose preventive measures in the form of detention with the right to deposit a bail of more than one and a half million hryvnias.
Investigations are ongoing to identify possible accomplices of the suspects and the full range of victims. The involvement of the persons involved in committing fraudulent acts according to other schemes is being checked.
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