Vinnytsia police documented the activities of an interregional criminal group of fraudsters organized by a prisoner
Having at his liberty accomplices, the convict, who is serving a sentence in Vinnytsia prison for serious property crimes, organized a criminal scheme to seize money from citizens' bank accounts. According to preliminary information of the investigation, the attacker, together with his co-seller on the created fake twin sites, gained access to the payment details of citizens and appropriated more than 300 thousand hryvnias.
Documentation of the criminal activities of the group, which included about a dozen people, is carried out by the investigators of the regional head of police under the operational support of employees of the Directorate of Security Service of Ukraine.
According to the head of the department of investigation of particularly serious crimes of the Criminal Investigation Department of the GUNP in the Vinnytsia region, the offenders hacked the accounts of popular online trading resources, created phishing sites where buyers left orders. Subsequently, calling buyers, attackers represented themselves as employees of the Internet platform and offered to fill out an electronic form for sending goods. In this way, they received the payment details of the victims and debited their funds to their accounts and e-wallets.
According to preliminary information from the investigation, the group consisted of about 10 participants, two of whom are serving sentences for committing serious property crimes. Through their accomplices, the convicts received phones, SIM cards, passwords for access to phishing sites.
During the search at the place of serving sentences, investigators seized mobile phones, draft records with card accounts and profits obtained in this way and other material evidence of their involvement in criminal activities.
The investigation initiated criminal proceedings under Part 3 of Art. 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (fraud committed on a large scale, or through illegal transactions using electronic computer technology). For such a crime, up to 8 years in prison is provided. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
Department of communication of police of Vinnytsia region
