Vinnytsia police stopped the activities of criminal group of fraudsters organized by prisoners
Members of the criminal group searched more than two dozen citizens from different regions of the country for the amount of more than half a million hryvnias. A 33-year-old convict who is serving a sentence for property and drug crimes in the Vinnytsia penal colony organized a criminal scheme to seize citizens' money. The organized group consisted of 7 participants, including convicts. In the course of searches carried out in the prison and at the place of residence of the offenders, investigators seized material evidence of their criminal activities, as well as narcotic substances.
Documentation of the criminal activities of the group for several months was carried out by employees of the Criminal Investigation Department and investigators of the regional head of police, operatives of the Police Department No. 2 of the Vinnytsia RUP and employees of the Central-West Interregional Department for Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Justice.
According to the head of the Investigation Department of Particularly Serious Crimes of the Criminal Investigation Department of the GUNP in Vinnytsia Oblast Yevhen Kronivets, offenders who were in places of detention called citizens and, posing as bank security officers, received their personal data. After that, the attackers transferred the victims' funds to the accounts of their accomplices at large, and they withdrew the cash and transferred it to the prison. Also, through accomplices, the convicts received SIM cards of various mobile operators and telephones.
During searches at the place of punishment and residence of the offenders with the force support of the special unit KORD and the operational department of the correctional colony “Cyclone”, the investigators seized SIM cards, mobile phones, bank cards, draft records with card accounts and profits received in this way and other material evidence of their involvement in criminal activity. At the residence of the two suspects, police seized marijuana and amphetamine.
The investigation initiated criminal proceedings under Part 3 of Art. 190 (fraud committed on a large scale or through illegal transactions using electronic computer technology) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. 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
