Nearly 100 Ukrainians who collected funds for the Armed Forces of Ukraine were found: a group of fraudsters was convicted in the Dnipropetrovsk region
During the investigation, it was found that the defendants found on the Internet ads about raising funds for the assistance of the Armed Forces and treatment of the military. Posing as representatives of international volunteer organizations or payment institutions, scammers from fake pages in social networks offered “help”.
In order to receive a money transfer, usually from Poland in zlotys, the attackers offered the victims to perform certain actions allegedly to convert funds.
In fact, the scammers lured personal and banking data, with the help of which they entered the Internet banking of victims and withdrew money to controlled bank accounts.
Investigators found that the defendants seized the funds of almost 100 residents from different regions of Ukraine. The total amount of damage caused is 1.3 million hryvnias. The property of the defendants was arrested. At the moment, almost 330 thousand UAH have already been reimbursed to the victims.
At the end of March this year, law enforcement officers completed the investigation and sent an indictment to the court. The court found guilty the members of the organized group under Part 3 of Art. 28, Part 5 of Art. 185 (Theft), part 4 of Art. 190 (Fraud), Part 1, 2 of Art. 361 (Unauthorized interference in the operation of information (automated) systems) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The organizer of the group was sentenced to 9.5 years, and his accomplices to 8.5 years in prison with confiscation of proper property.
Until the verdict comes into force, the members of the organized group will be detained.
National Police of Ukraine
