OP 25 November, 2024 - 11:46 PM
Officers of the Department for Combating Illegal Use of Information and Communication Technologies of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region detained five members of a group who had been working for telephone scammers for a year. According to available information, the accomplices provided technical support for the call centers under the control of Ukrainian curators.
Among those detained were the alleged organizer of the technical support group and four of his acquaintances aged 19 to 25.
"About a year ago, a young man looking for work in closed chats on the shadow segment of the Internet met curators from abroad. They selected citizens who had the necessary technical knowledge and skills to ensure the smooth functioning of equipment for substituting numbers during calls to Russian citizens from Ukrainian call centers. Another task from the foreign employer was to cash out funds that came from the victims' accounts to drop cards, as well as transfer them to curators, including using cryptocurrency exchanges.
To accommodate the special equipment, the young man rented an office space in a business center. The roles of the accomplices were clearly divided. Some were responsible for the technical component of the process, others administered the bank accounts of the mules, which were used to receive and subsequently transfer the stolen funds. For example, the youngest member of the group, a 19-year-old resident of the city on the Neva, was engaged in settling issues with banks, where she called under the guise of a client in the event of an account being blocked. For each such call, she received from 500 to 1,000 rubles, ”said the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk.
For the purpose of conspiracy, the alleged organizer of the illegal activity regularly changed the addresses of offices, and also replaced SIM cards in the slots of SIM banks daily.
At present, four episodes of illegal activity have been established in the city of St. Petersburg and over a hundred in various regions of Russia.
”Criminal cases have been initiated on the grounds of a crime under Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
Currently, two defendants are in custody. Three have been placed under preventive measures in the form of a ban on certain actions. The preliminary investigation is ongoing,” Irina Volk said.
video : https://rutube.ru/video/d66c3b63141997a9.../?r=plemwd
Among those detained were the alleged organizer of the technical support group and four of his acquaintances aged 19 to 25.
"About a year ago, a young man looking for work in closed chats on the shadow segment of the Internet met curators from abroad. They selected citizens who had the necessary technical knowledge and skills to ensure the smooth functioning of equipment for substituting numbers during calls to Russian citizens from Ukrainian call centers. Another task from the foreign employer was to cash out funds that came from the victims' accounts to drop cards, as well as transfer them to curators, including using cryptocurrency exchanges.
To accommodate the special equipment, the young man rented an office space in a business center. The roles of the accomplices were clearly divided. Some were responsible for the technical component of the process, others administered the bank accounts of the mules, which were used to receive and subsequently transfer the stolen funds. For example, the youngest member of the group, a 19-year-old resident of the city on the Neva, was engaged in settling issues with banks, where she called under the guise of a client in the event of an account being blocked. For each such call, she received from 500 to 1,000 rubles, ”said the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk.
For the purpose of conspiracy, the alleged organizer of the illegal activity regularly changed the addresses of offices, and also replaced SIM cards in the slots of SIM banks daily.
At present, four episodes of illegal activity have been established in the city of St. Petersburg and over a hundred in various regions of Russia.
”Criminal cases have been initiated on the grounds of a crime under Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
Currently, two defendants are in custody. Three have been placed under preventive measures in the form of a ban on certain actions. The preliminary investigation is ongoing,” Irina Volk said.
video : https://rutube.ru/video/d66c3b63141997a9.../?r=plemwd
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