In the Kharkiv region, employees of the cybercrime counteraction department, together with the investigative department of the regional police, exposed a large-scale fraudulent scheme organized by an enterprising 20-year-old Kharkiv resident.
The person involved in the case attracted three more citizens to the scheme, who registered FOP and received their own POS-terminals. Then, unlucky entrepreneurs, using databases with compromised bank card data of foreign citizens, “linked” the stolen personal data to payment systems and through NFC made payments in their POS terminals. According to preliminary estimates, the suspects caused more than 1 million hryvnias of damage to banking institutions.
During authorized searches, in which employees of the special unit “TOR” of the Kharkiv region patrol police were also involved, police officers seized laptops, mobile phones, bank cards, stamps and a POS terminal used in illegal activities at the places of residence of the defendants.
On the fact of the crime, criminal proceedings were initiated under Parts 3 and 4 of Art. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, all defendants have already been announced on suspicion. If the guilt is proven in court (the Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office is in charge of the proceedings), they face up to 12 years in prison.
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