In Kyiv, fraudsters stole over 8 million hryvnias from three pensioners under the guise of an SBU "check"

In Kyiv, three pensioners transferred all their savings totaling over 8 million hryvnias to fraudsters posing as employees of the Security Service of Ukraine. The Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office reports this, UNN reports.

Details

According to available data, in the Dnipro district, an 86-year-old man received a call from unknown individuals who told him that the SBU allegedly suspected him of high treason and financing the aggressor country, so he had to hand over all his savings and personally write a statement about transferring the funds for verification and "declaration."

The man gave the pseudo-law enforcement officer $63,300 and €48,120. The money was promised to be returned after verification. It was established that the suspect transferred the pensioner's savings through currency exchange to a crypto account of persons unknown to him

At the same time, in the Solomianskyi district, a 77-year-old man was defrauded using a similar scheme. After conducting a "search" via video call, the fraudsters convinced him to hand over "for verification" over $13,000, €29,000, and 60,000 hryvnias. The total amount of damages exceeded 2.1 million hryvnias.

Furthermore, using a similar scheme, fraudsters defrauded a 70-year-old woman. According to the investigation materials, posing as an intelligence service employee, they took 14,000 dollars and 144,000 hryvnias from her for verification via a courier.

It has currently been established that in all three cases, the couriers were a 23-year-old and a 31-year-old man

Reminder

The National Police of Ukraine warns that telephone fraud remains a common method of extorting data and money. Fraudsters may pose as bank employees, mobile operators, or government officials.