Promised big profits from investments in casinos: members of a criminal group will be tried in Kyiv region
Five defendants appropriated more than 400 thousand UAH, promising on the Internet super-profits from investments in a fictitious casino.
The attackers were exposed in the summer of last year. It was established that the 19-year-old leader of the group developed a scheme to attract investors, was engaged in obtaining bank cards of so-called drops for the subsequent withdrawal of money, and also distributed the profit received among the group members.
To communicate online with the victims and administer their own Telegram channels, the organizer attracted four more residents of the capital, one of whom was a minor.
Scammers offered on the Internet to obtain ultra-high profits from investments in casinos. The defendants advertised their services on the Internet and further persuaded citizens to transfer money through the payment system to controlled bank cards.
In this way, the attackers searched more than 100 victims for more than 400 thousand hryvnias.
Law enforcement officers conducted 10 searches. According to the results, more than a hundred bank cards, mobile phones, laptops, tablets, almost two hundred SIM cards, cash in different currencies were seized: 220 thousand UAH, 42 thousand dollars and draft records.
During the pre-trial investigation, the defendants compensated the victims for property damage in the amount of more than 200 thousand hryvnias.
Members of an organized criminal group were notified of suspicion under Part 4 of Art. 190 (Fraud), and the organizer - also under Art. 304 (Involvement of minors in illegal activities).
The defendants have chosen preventive measures in the form of detention and round-the-clock house arrest. For what they have done, they can be threatened with up to twelve years in prison with confiscation of property.
National Police of Ukraine
