At the end of March, a 19-year-old resident of the Rivne region met two men on one of the streets of the regional center who offered him an easy way to earn money. To do this, he needed to provide access to his bank cards. Agreeing to this, the young man became a victim of fraudsters who, using his phone, changed the financial subscriber number in two online banking systems and paid him 1,600 hryvnias.
This is reported by Rivne24
Subsequently, one of the criminals borrowed 500 hryvnias from the young man and directed him to another “employer,” to whom he granted access to six more of his online banking accounts.
Later, a person claiming to be a law enforcement officer contacted the 19-year-old resident of the Rivne region, informing him that a criminal case had been opened against him due to credit card fraud. The fraudster promised to “resolve” the issue for 10,000 hryvnias.
Only after receiving information about the opened loans on his cards did the victim realize that he had fallen prey to scammers.
The police identified one of the individuals involved in the case. Under the procedural guidance of the prosecutor’s office, a 23-year-old Rivnian was notified of suspicion of committing crimes under Part 4 of Article 190 (unauthorized interference with the operation of an information system) and Part 2 of Article 190 (fraud committed repeatedly) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The investigator has completed the pre-trial investigation, and the materials of the criminal proceedings have been sent to court. Measures are also ongoing to identify other individuals involved in these offenses.