Scammers organized it in the sphere of rental housing. According to the press service of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the region, the businessmen deceived 35 citizens, and the total amount of money they received amounted to more than UAH 30,000.

The fraudsters and their criminal scheme were exposed by the officers of the Main Police Department of the city of Kharkov. During the investigation, the investigators found that the attackers, on the pretext of renting a house in Kharkov and the Kharkiv region, were taking money from people.

Potential "victims" were found by cybercriminals through the Internet, among the victims in particular are citizens who moved to Kharkov from temporarily occupied territories. Scammers signed with them contracts for the provision of information services on rental housing and indicated to "customers" the addresses of apartments that were never actually owned by the owners.

For their services, "intermediaries" received from 600 to 5000 hryvnia. Now the police detained four suspects. Against them is opened a criminal case under the article of the Criminal Code of Ukraine Fraud.

Detainees are informed of suspicion and now they face up to three years in prison.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in the Rivne region on Thursday, November 16, police officers covered the illegal shop for the manufacture of products made of amber. It was organized in Ukraine by a citizen of the Turkish Republic. According to the press service of the National Police of the region, during the search, law enforcement officers discovered five machines, and seized about 260 pieces of amber, which at that time were manufactured.