SBU blocks international smuggling scheme
The SBU officers blocked the activities of the criminal group that included residents of Odesa and Kyiv regions.
The SBU officers blocked the activities of the criminal group that included residents of Odesa and Kyiv regions.
SBU officers cracked down on two illegal call centers in Sumy region. Offenders used operator calls to steal bank account details. Then, they withdrew money and transferred some of it to a local criminal.
The SBU established the whereabouts and detained one of the organizers of the 2014 illegal referendum in Luhansk region. The offender spent seven years on the run in Russia.
In Luhansk region, the SSU documented and blocked a large-scale funding scheme of the so-called LNR occupation administration. The perpetrators made payments to the so-called LNR budget almost RUB 19 m (USD 260 800), received from the illegal food trade.
SSU Cybersecurity neutralized a large-scale group of drug-dealers during the operation in Khmelnytskyi region. The offenders sold multi-million bulk batches of drugs and psychotropic substances to different regions of Ukraine every month.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine transferred 49.9% of the shares of PJSC Donetskoblgaz to NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine. The relevant decision was made at a government meeting on September 15, 2021.
SSU found a cache of weapons in Zakarpattia region. It included, in particular, more than 2 kg of explosives and anti-tank grenades.
SSU suppressed activity of a bot farm used to create accounts for the distribution of Russian posts. It registered almost 50,000 fake accounts creating an "alternative reality" in social media, including the Ukrainian followers.
Following SSU CI findings, the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of the city of Chernivtsi sentenced a militant of the DNR terrorist organization to 10 years in prison in absentia.