The cyber police together with the investigators of the Main Investigative Department of the National Police and foreign colleagues stopped the activities of the group and froze the assets of the attackers in more than 20 countries of the world. official sites of both clubs report in the department.
It is noted that since 2019, fraudsters have created more than 100 web resources on which investors were offered to receive excess profits from investing in cryptocurrency and trading securities on virtual financial markets.
In order to communicate with potential investors, fraudsters have created call centers in Ukraine and Georgia. Several hundred people worked there. Extras selected operators with knowledge of foreign languages and taught them to use social engineering methods when communicating with "clients". Scammers convinced citizens to make significant investments.
The victims were also persuaded to install special software to carry out financial transactions. In this way, fraudsters gained remote access to victims' computers and transferred their savings to controlled accounts. The victims were mainly Swiss and German investors.
Operatives of the Cyber Police Department and investigators of the Main Investigative Department of the National Police, under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutor General's Office, together with colleagues from Eurojust and Europol, with the involvement of law enforcement officers from Georgia, Germany and Switzerland, conducted a multi-level international operation to neutralize a transnational criminal group.
As part of a joint investigation with law enforcement agencies of the Swiss Confederation, mass searches were conducted on the territory of Ukraine and Georgia. Computer equipment, mobile phones, cash and documents were seized. At the same time, the assets of the organizers of the criminal group in more than 20 countries were frozen on the territory of the EU countries.
Investigators of the Main Investigative Department of the National Police are investigating criminal proceedings under Part 4 of Article 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides up to eight years of imprisonment. Swiss law enforcement officers are also investigating criminal proceedings under Art. 147 (Fraud) and Art. 305 (money laundering) of the Criminal Code of the Swiss Confederation.
Investigative actions are ongoing in order to establish all the victims and the final amount of damages, as well as other accomplices of the participants.
To always be aware of the most important things, read us at Telegram
