The prosecutor's office of Lugansk region sent an indictment to the court against swindlers who acted as part of an organized criminal group.

Pre-trial investigation found that three citizens of Ukraine, acting as part of an organized criminal group, deceived 40 trustful citizens to the amount of almost 170 thousand UAH. Being in g. Kharkov, using a computer, cybercriminals searched for free advertisements posted by residents of the Lugansk region on the site "OLX". After that, using the pre-determined subscriber numbers of mobile operators, they called the residents of Lugansk region. Introducing a person who would like to purchase goods on the site of ads, they received from trusting citizens the numbers of bank cards for supposedly transferring the prepayment for the goods, their personal data and subscriber numbers assigned to the named cards.

The press service of the prosecutor's office of Lugansk region informs that after that the scammers called the victims and on behalf of the employees of the main offices of banks, they learned the full details of the bank cards (validity period, CVV2-code, and confirmation codes). And they withdrew money.

Now the charges in criminal proceedings are sent to the court.

The case is under investigation. 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (fraud committed by an organized group through illegal operations involving the use of electronic computers), the sanction of which provides for punishment in the form of deprivation of liberty from 5 to 12 years with confiscation of property.