Citizens were searched for more than 10 million hryvnias: police exposed a criminal organization (VIDEO)
The attackers offered victims a refund for allegedly poor-quality drugs that they purchased over the Internet. However, the compensation involved a number of financial transactions: payment of so-called insurance premiums and various fictitious taxes.
In order to gain confidence in the people, the defendants represented themselves as employees of various state institutions, including law enforcement officers. The police established the organizer and eight active participants of the criminal organization.
Thus, during the documentation of criminal activities, the police established: a 36-year-old native of Donetsk region organized three call centers in the capital. The attackers acted according to instructions carefully developed by the organizer of the crime. In particular, they called citizens who used the services of one of the companies selling dietary supplements — dietary supplements.
Initially, the victims received a call from a “police officer” who reported the opening of criminal proceedings on the sale of poor-quality dietary supplements. At the same time, he assured that people have the right to monetary compensation.
Subsequently, the citizens were allegedly called by representatives of state institutions to discuss the mechanism of returning the funds spent on the purchase of dietary supplements. After that, fraudsters told algorithms to speed up all calculations, which involved the payment of insurance amounts and other payments. For the conspiracy, the defendants used IP telephony.
In this way, fraudsters lured large sums from people, one-time payments could amount to 50 thousand hryvnias. In particular, an 87-year-old from Kiev made 30 money transfers to fraudsters and lost more than half a million hryvnias.
Investigators of the Main Investigation Department of the National Police in the course of the pre-trial investigation have already established 22 episodes of criminal activity of the defendants. The investigation has good grounds to believe that material damage caused to the victims can reach UAH 10 million.
The police stopped the activities of three call centers, detained the organizer and eight active participants and informed them of the suspicion. In addition, more than 40 searches were carried out on the territory of Kyiv, Kyiv and Ternopil regions, as a result of which lists of deceived people, their personal data and contact phones, bank cards and contracts, as well as computer equipment and cars were seized.
Offenders are charged with committing an offense provided for in Part 1 of Art. 255 (creation of a criminal organization and leadership of such an organization), Part 2 of Art. 255 (participation in a criminal organization) and Part 4 of Art. 28 part 4 of Art. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The organizer and active participants of the criminal organization face up to 12 years in prison. The pre-trial investigation continues. Other episodes of criminal activity of detainees are established, as well as persons caught on the hook of fraudsters.
National Police of Ukraine
