Five people in Ukraine have been notified on suspicion of creating a criminal organization, participating in it and stealing property for embezzling money from foreign accounts, the Office of the Prosecutor General said Sunday.
“They ‘withdrew’ almost one million hryvnias using links to phishing sites whose interface was very similar to popular online shopping sites,” the report said.
The suspects were looking for sellers of goods and sent them links allegedly for delivery and payment for goods. Data of bank cards – card number, CVV-code and expiration date, which were entered by victims of phishing sites, automatically became known to the suspects.
“The organizer passed these data to the perpetrators, and they “tied” them to the payment systems. Subsequently, using NFC technology, they bought different gadgets in stores in Kiev, paying for purchases from the accounts of the victims,” – reported in the Office of the Prosecutor General.
According to preliminary calculations, the foreign nationals suffered about one million hryvnias of damage.
Law enforcers conducted searches in Kiev and Chernihiv region at the places of residence of the suspects and in their cars. Cell phones, laptops, bank cards, as well as goods obtained illegally were seized.
