Under the guise of providing employment services, they seized more than 800,000 hryvnias: the capital's investigators announced a suspicion of fraud
A resident of Kiev region offered paid services for employment abroad on the Internet. The investigation collected evidence on the commission of crimes against 67 victims. The attacker faces up to eight years in prison.
Investigators of the Goloseev Police Department under the procedural guidance of the Golosiivskyi District Prosecutor's Office together with the Kyiv Cybercrime Prevention Department of the Cyber Police Department of the National Police of Ukraine, with the help of analysts of the criminal analysis sector of the territorial unit, exposed the 26-year-old in fraud a man who, under the pretext of employment assistance, deceived citizens throughout the state. The victims transferred the funds, and they did not receive an offer for work.
According to the police, the organizer of the scheme registered legal entities with fake people, then created his own websites https://workhub2018.com.ua/ and https://e-work.com.ua/ and coordinated the “work” of other participants in the fraudulent scheme:
“Acting according to a previously developed criminal plan, the attacker sought to cover his illegal activities a limited liability company, one of whose economic activities imitated the provision of work services abroad. Then he picked up managers for working with clients. Customers found ads on websites and made subscriptions in the amount of 8 to 18 thousand hryvnias per person. “Employees” of the company assured clients about the obligation to fulfill the conditions of employment on the part of the company, sent an agreement of non-existent transactions on the agreement of conditions for familiarization and signing. The total amount that was transferred to the man to several of his companies is more than 880 thousand hryvnias. At present, the investigation has collected evidence of the commission of crimes in relation to 67 victims. However, according to operational data, the number of deceived citizens can reach more than 100 people, and the amount of damage caused - several million hryvnias.
Police conducted a number of searches of the places of residence and “work” of the organizer and his accomplices. More than 40 thousand US dollars and 350 thousand hryvnias in cash, two luxury cars, jewelry with diamonds, mobile phones, laptops that were obtained by criminal means and bank cards and draft records confirming the illegal activities of this group of persons were seized.
The police added that the police detained the defendant. He turned out to be a native of the Zaporizhzhya region, born in 1996, who lived in the Kiev region.
Under the procedural guidance of the Holosiivska District Prosecutor's Office, the investigators informed the man about the suspicion under Part 3 of Art. 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — fraud committed through illegal transactions using electronic computer technology. The court has already chosen a measure of restraint for him in the form of detention. The sanction of the article provides for imprisonment for a term of three to eight years.
Currently, procedural actions are underway to bring all participants of the criminal scheme to justice.
Police officers of Kiev appeal to all citizens who have been victims of a fraudulent scheme and have used the services published on the sites https://workhub2018.com.ua/ and https://e-work.com.ua/, to report such facts to the nearest police department or at number 102.
National Police of Ukraine
