Cyber police and investigators of Kyiv police exposed criminal group in appropriation of UAH 10 million under the guise of employment services
With the help of their own website, the defendants offered Ukrainians paid employment services abroad. However, having received the money of customers, they disappeared. The attackers were suspected.
The group was exposed by the employees of the Cyber Crime Control Department in Kyiv together with the investigators of the Darnitsky Police Department with the assistance of the bank's security service. Procedural management is carried out by the Darnytsky District Prosecutor's Office of Kyiv.
It was established that 13 defendants are involved in the online fraud scheme. The organizer of the scheme created its own website and coordinated the “work” of other members of the group. The site simulated the provision of employment services for Ukrainians abroad.
Customers paid 250 euros of subscription. However, having received the money, the defendants did not fulfill their duties.
According to preliminary estimates, in this way the grouping searched at least a thousand people for about 10 million hryvnias. The money of the victims was distributed among themselves.
Law enforcement officers conducted 24 searches of the places of residence and “work” of intruders. According to the results, more than 100 units of computer equipment, mobile phones and bank cards, documentation were seized. More than a million hryvnias in cash, about 35 thousand dollars and 12 thousand euros were also withdrawn.
The attackers are notified of suspicion under Part 2 of Art. 255 (Creation, leadership 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. Suspects face up to twelve years in prison with confiscation of property. Nine suspects opted for a precautionary measure in the form of detention, two more - round-the-clock house arrest. Regarding the other suspects, the consideration of requests for the selection of preventive measures is ongoing.
Cyber Police Department of the National Police of Ukraine
