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The information that users entered on phishing sites automatically became known to intruders.
Attackers used phishing sites to obtain data from bank cards of citizens and the subsequent appropriation of money. According to preliminary estimates, the victims suffered more than a million hryvnia of damage. The figures are detained, they are declared a suspicion.
The fraud scheme was exposed by employees of the Department for Combating Cybercrime in the Lviv Region together with the Investigative Department of the Police of Lviv region.
The organizer was looking for performers who commissioned phishing sites. Then the attackers used online services for mass mailing SMS. Citizens received reports of the possibility of receiving social benefits, in particular, Support, assistance from the EU, and various charitable foundation programs. To do this, they were asked to follow the link and indicate the data of bank cards to which assistance would allegedly be credited.
The information that users entered on phishing sites automatically became known to intruders. Subsequently, the participants in the scheme appropriated money from the accounts of the victims.
According to preliminary data, in this way they deceived more than a hundred citizens. The total amount of damage is one million hryvnia.
Police officers searched the houses of the defendants. Mobile phones, SIM cards and laptops that were used in illegal activities were removed. The attackers were detained in the order of Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.
The participants in the scheme were announced a suspicion under Art. 255 ( creation, leadership of the criminal community or criminal organization, as well as participation in it ), part 4 of Art. 190 ( Fraud ), part 5 of article. 361 ( Unauthorized interference in the work of information ( automated ), electronic communication, information and communication systems, electronic communication networks ) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Suspects may face up to twelve years in prison with confiscation of property. Investigative actions continue. The procedural leadership of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
Attackers used phishing sites to obtain data from bank cards of citizens and the subsequent appropriation of money. According to preliminary estimates, the victims suffered more than a million hryvnia of damage. The figures are detained, they are declared a suspicion.
The fraud scheme was exposed by employees of the Department for Combating Cybercrime in the Lviv Region together with the Investigative Department of the Police of Lviv region.
The organizer was looking for performers who commissioned phishing sites. Then the attackers used online services for mass mailing SMS. Citizens received reports of the possibility of receiving social benefits, in particular, Support, assistance from the EU, and various charitable foundation programs. To do this, they were asked to follow the link and indicate the data of bank cards to which assistance would allegedly be credited.
The information that users entered on phishing sites automatically became known to intruders. Subsequently, the participants in the scheme appropriated money from the accounts of the victims.
According to preliminary data, in this way they deceived more than a hundred citizens. The total amount of damage is one million hryvnia.
Police officers searched the houses of the defendants. Mobile phones, SIM cards and laptops that were used in illegal activities were removed. The attackers were detained in the order of Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.
The participants in the scheme were announced a suspicion under Art. 255 ( creation, leadership of the criminal community or criminal organization, as well as participation in it ), part 4 of Art. 190 ( Fraud ), part 5 of article. 361 ( Unauthorized interference in the work of information ( automated ), electronic communication, information and communication systems, electronic communication networks ) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Suspects may face up to twelve years in prison with confiscation of property. Investigative actions continue. The procedural leadership of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
