International Fraud Scheme for Tens of Millions of Euros - National Police Detained Another Participant
The defendant was detained on October 3 in the city. Dnipro employees of the Department of Strategic Investigations and the Main Investigation Department of the National Police together with the Office of the Prosecutor General.
Recall: a large-scale international criminal scheme of seizing the funds of individuals was exposed in December last year. Among its participants were citizens of Ukraine and foreigners. In order to seize the funds, the attackers specially created web resources, with the help of which pretend transactions for the purchase and sale of various assets were carried out. In the case of investment, citizens were promised insane profits. Later, employees of call centers, posing as agents of trading platforms, called investors and demanded to deposit additional funds, as well as payment of 15% commission from the amount of “profit” received. Immediately after the settlements, investors' accounts were blocked, and the funds placed on them were appropriated by the organizers of the fraudulent scheme.
The funds of deceived citizens were transferred to the accounts of companies controlled by the organizers in different countries and legalized by purchasing luxury real estate, cars and investing in business projects in Ukraine, in particular, the cost of just one purchased elite class car is 450 thousand euros. Among the victims are citizens of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and other countries, and the amount of damage caused by the fraudulent scheme amounted to more than 10 million euros.
Operatives of the Department of Strategic Investigations and investigators of the Main Investigation Department of the National Police in March 2021 established the location of two members of the group. They were informed of suspicions under several articles of the Criminal Code and opted for precautionary measures in the form of detention. And in June, the third participant in the criminal scheme was reported about the suspicion.
Yesterday, October 3, in the city. Dnipro police detained another participant in this transaction. In agreement with the Office of the Prosecutor General, he was already informed of the suspicion under several articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
- participation in a criminal organization and participation in crimes committed by such organization (Art. 255);
- legalization (laundering) of property obtained by criminal means (Art. 209);
- fraud (Art. 190).
The question of choosing a preventive measure for the suspect is resolved.
The total value of the property owned by the intruders and on which the arrests were imposed is more than 50 million euros.
The fraudulent scheme was exposed jointly with international partners — the General Prosecutor's Office of the city of Bamberg, the Federal Republic of Germany, Eurojust and Europol.
Further joint activities are being carried out to establish the location of the organizer and the persons involved in the “scheme”.
Department of Strategic Investigations
National Police of Ukraine
