Several successful special operations have been carried out to expose cybercriminals

Under the procedural leadership of prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office, regional prosecutor's offices, together with detectives of the BEB of Ukraine, investigators of territorial units of the National Police of Ukraine, with operational support of the Department of the Cyber ​​​​Inspection Bureau of the SBU, territorial units of the Cyber ​​​​Police Department, operations to combat crime in cyberspace were carried out in seven regions.

50 searches were conducted in Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv, Khmelnytskyi regions and in Kyiv. 139 computers, 56 mobile phones, 45 bank cards «drops», 26 SIM cards, over 38 starter packages of mobile operators, draft records were seized.

Currently, 25 individuals have been reported on suspicion of participation in a criminal organization, fraud, theft, as well as unauthorized interference in the operation of information systems and unauthorized sale or distribution of information with restricted access stored in electronic computers (computers), automated systems, computer networks or on carriers of such information (Article 255, Articles 190, 185, 361, Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

Law enforcement officers detained 13 people under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. The issue of imposing preventive measures on the suspects and imposing arrests on their property is being resolved. Investigative actions are ongoing.

Office of the Prosecutor General

12 members of a criminal group who organized the activities of a fraudulent call center were exposed. The victims paid them money for the alleged purchase of household goods. Through postal services, the victims received links about their alleged participation in the drawing of non-existent lotteries, and the «winners» were supposed to receive cash payments. Mostly elderly citizens were robbed.

19 searches were conducted in the territory of Chernihiv region and Kyiv city. 9 suspects were detained. The preliminary amount of damages caused is over 3 million UAH.

Lviv Regional Prosecutor's Office

6 members of the organized group were identified, and they gained access to the management of the victims' card accounts. They used phishing sites, which later allowed them to transfer the stolen funds to crypto wallets under their control. For this, the suspects used p2p transactions in a specialized cryptobot in the Telegram messenger called «Crypto Bot».

On the territory of 12 searches were conducted in Lviv and 5 members of the organized group were detained. The preliminary amount of damages is more than UAH 1 million.

Dnipropetrovsk Regional Prosecutor's Office

Four members of the group unauthorizedly interfered with the accounts of remote account management systems of banking institutions, reissuing citizens' SIM cards. They later used them as financial numbers to log in to the victims' accounts. This led to information leakage and debiting funds from their accounts. 14 searches were conducted in the city of Kryvyi Rih. The preliminary amount of damage caused is more than 1 million UAH.

Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office

A citizen was exposed who made calls on behalf of bank security officers. The suspect learned confidential information from bank clients, gained access to account management and withdrew victims' funds to his controlled accounts. The amount of damages is being determined.

Zaporizhzhya Regional Prosecutor's Office

A citizen hacked into the remote banking account – a mobile application of the bank opened in the name of the victim. Having gained access to his bank account, the suspect stole almost 300 thousand UAH.

Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor's Office

A citizen was exposed who purchased personal databases of individuals, mainly residents of North America, on the Internet. This includes their full names, identification codes, mobile phone numbers, emails, passports, and driver's licenses. The suspect then used this data to register with American multinational banking and financial holding companies for the purpose of selling it to third parties for phishing operations.