Kharkiv cyber police together with German law enforcement officers exposed one of the organizers of a transnational fraud group: losses of more than 600 thousand euros
The criminal group used the compromised data of customers of foreign banks for payments in online stores. The purchased goods were resold by those involved and received “profits”.
Cyberpolice of Kharkiv region, together with investigators of Kharkiv District Police Department No. 2 of the GUNP in Kharkiv region, within the framework of international cooperation with the participation of law enforcement officers of Germany and Lithuania, coordinated by the Office of the Prosecutor General, exposed the 40-year-old co-organizer of the fraudulent scheme.
A citizen of Ukraine together with a citizen of Moldova organized a scheme of fraudulent seizure of funds of citizens of the European Union, to which immigrants from EU countries and neighboring countries were attracted.
Taking advantage of the trusting attitude of residents of European countries to online purchases, they, having previously seized the data of stolen bank cards, ordered goods on the Internet in the amount of several thousand euros per transaction. They paid for the goods with the help of cards of the victims, and later, through a specially organized network of trade agents, they sold them in Eastern European countries.
The transnational criminal group operated on the territory of the EU and Ukraine for three years, during this period the organizers managed to seize the funds of EU citizens in the amount of more than 600 thousand euros.
In the framework of criminal proceedings on the grounds of the crime provided for in Part 3 of Art. 190 Criminal Code of Ukraine cyber police of Kharkiv region, with the participation of members of the international investigative and operational team, conducted searches at the place of residence of the accused and seized the equipment with which fraudulent actions were committed.
The defendant was detained by Polish border guards under an arrest warrant from German law enforcement agencies, while crossing the border with the Republic of Belarus. Another co-organizer has the status of an accused in the framework of an investigation by the police in Germany, where he is in custody.
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