In Ukraine, a fraudulent call center was exposed. Criminals embezzled more than 5 million

The cyber police exposed the organizer of a transnational fraudulent call center, whose employees embezzled more than UAH 5 million. This was reported by the press service of the Cyber ​​Police.

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Criminals asked for bank card data of the victims in telephone conversations, pretending to be bank employees or law enforcement officers. The victims of the offenders were citizens of Israel. The fraudulent scheme was exposed during an international police operation.

The illegal activity of the organizer of the call center, a 40-year-old citizen of Ukraine, was exposed by the employees of the Department of Cyber ​​Police together with the investigative department of the Zaporozhye Region Police, employees of the Prosecutor General’s Office and law enforcement officers of the State of Israel.

Criminals called potential victims on the phone, posing as bank representatives or police officers. People were assured that outsiders had gained access to their bank accounts and were about to plan to embezzle the money.

In order to “save” the savings, people were offered to borrow cash on their own and hand it over to the so-called “courier” from the bank, after which they promised to deposit the money into a “safe account”.

In this way, the defendants embezzled more than UAH 5 million. The victims are identified by law enforcement officers.

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The police searched the house of the organizer of the scheme and stopped the activity of the fraudulent call center. According to the results, bank cards, mobile phones and computer equipment were seized.

At the same time, searches were conducted on the territory of the State of Israel, where law enforcement officers detained two men who performed the function of “couriers”.

On this fact, criminal proceedings have been initiated under Part 3 of Art. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides up to eight years of imprisonment. Investigative actions are ongoing.

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Source: Ministry of Finance

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