Fraudsters withdrew UAH 11 million from the Deposit Guarantee Fund accounts
Kyiv • UNN
The criminal group embezzled about UAH 11 million from the account of the Deposit Guarantee Fund, using malware to gain access to the account.
Kyiv will try 13 members of a criminal organization who withdrew UAH 11 million from the Deposit Guarantee Fund account. The group operated in the capital and Dnipropetrovs'k region. This was reported by the press service of the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, UNN reports .
The members of the criminal organization were exposed and detained in the summer of 2023. They worked in Kyiv and Dnipropetrovs'k region. They used phishing, i.e., malicious software to gain access to the login and password to a bank account and withdraw all the money from it,
Details
It has been established that the members of the criminal group misappropriated funds from the Deposit Guarantee Fund in the amount of about UAH 11 million. The money was kept on the account of a private notary in Kyiv and was to be transferred to clients of bankrupt banks.
During the searches at the defendants' residences, it was established that they were also engaged in the cultivation of cannabis and the sale of cannabis.
The sanctions of the articles provide for punishment up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
Recall
Law enforcement officers exposed a group of fraudsters who cheated people out of their money by posing as employees of the State Bureau of Investigation and offering a wide range of services to potential "clients.
