- Joined
- Jun 13, 2020
- Messages
- 7,905
- Reaction score
- 942
- Points
- 212
- Awards
- 2
The defendants created a fake website, which sold non-existent household goods of well-known brands. According to preliminary data, the damage caused to the victims reaches two million hryvnias.
Cyberpolice officers in the Dnipropetrovsk region, together with regional police investigators, under the procedural guidance of the local prosecutor's office, a special police regiment and correctional officers, stopped the criminal activities of a group of people who seized citizens' money under the guise of selling goods.
Cyberpolice has established that four residents of Dnipropetrovsk region are involved in such activities. The defendants created their own website, which deceived citizens under the guise of selling household goods of well-known brands.
By their illegal actions, they caused losses totaling two million hryvnias. About 200 citizens of Ukraine suffered from their actions.
It should be noted that the organizer of the group has been repeatedly convicted and is serving a sentence for committing a crime under Art. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Law enforcement officers conducted searches on the territory of the correctional center, where the organizer is serving his sentence, and at the place of residence of the accomplices. Police confiscated mobile phones, bank cards, SIM cards, flash drives, laptops, SIM card holders, cash, and draft records.
The perpetrators are charged with committing a crime under Part 3 of Art. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for punishment and imprisonment for a term of three to eight years.
Cyberpolice officers in the Dnipropetrovsk region, together with regional police investigators, under the procedural guidance of the local prosecutor's office, a special police regiment and correctional officers, stopped the criminal activities of a group of people who seized citizens' money under the guise of selling goods.
Cyberpolice has established that four residents of Dnipropetrovsk region are involved in such activities. The defendants created their own website, which deceived citizens under the guise of selling household goods of well-known brands.
By their illegal actions, they caused losses totaling two million hryvnias. About 200 citizens of Ukraine suffered from their actions.
It should be noted that the organizer of the group has been repeatedly convicted and is serving a sentence for committing a crime under Art. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Law enforcement officers conducted searches on the territory of the correctional center, where the organizer is serving his sentence, and at the place of residence of the accomplices. Police confiscated mobile phones, bank cards, SIM cards, flash drives, laptops, SIM card holders, cash, and draft records.
The perpetrators are charged with committing a crime under Part 3 of Art. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for punishment and imprisonment for a term of three to eight years.