In Zaporizhzhya region, SBU officers blocked the activities of an organized group that stole funds from Ukrainian and foreign bank accounts.

Allegedly, three residents of Melitopol city organized such illegal scheme. In downtown, they arranged an underground call center with 54 employees. Pretending to be bank workers, they called to the clients of financial institutions and fraudulently received information about the CVV code, numbers and PIN codes of payment cards. After gaining access to customer accounts, the offenders transferred funds to controlled bank accounts.

They used illegal international telecoms routes to “work” with the clients of foreign banks.   

According to intelligence, the fraudsters monthly stole more than UAH 3 million (USD 107,142).

During the search at call center, law enforcement officers seized 124 computers, 6 pieces of telecommunications equipment, almost UAH 60,000 (USD 2,142), mobile phones and draft records confirming illegal activity.

Currently, the seized equipment was sent for examination.

The issue of serving a notice of suspicion to the detainees is ongoing within a criminal proceeding initiated for unauthorized interference in the work of electronic computers (computers), automated systems, computer networks or telecommunication networks and fraud.

The operation was conducted jointly with the Cyber ​​Police Department of the National Police under the procedural supervision of the Prosecutor's Office.