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In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the cyber police exposed a criminal group in the misappropriation of a million hryvnia using skimming.
The suspects installed skimming equipment on POS terminals to read citizens' bank card data. Then the defendants made duplicate cards and cashed out the victims' money.
31-year-old and 29-year-old men developed this scheme and attracted three acquaintances to it. All of them were residents of Kamenskoye.
They were temporarily employed in food and beverage outlets and retail outlets that used POS terminals to check out customers. Then they secretly installed skimming devices in these establishments, as well as self-made POS terminals.
Pretending that they pay customers through POS-terminals, the defendants copied information from a bank card, and also wrote down PIN-codes. Then, the cybercriminals used the information received to make duplicates of the victims' bank cards.
Fake cards were used to access online banking, and then credit limits were increased and money was transferred to controlled accounts. In the future, they took cash from ATMs, bought goods and issued loans for the victims.
According to preliminary estimates, the cybercriminals have compromised about 200 bank cards. The total amount of damage is one million hryvnia.
Searches were carried out in the homes of the defendants, as well as in the establishments where the group members worked. Skimmers, POS terminals, counterfeit cards and computer equipment were seized.
The organizer and co-organizer of the group has already been notified of the suspicion of committing criminal offenses under Part 2 of Art. 185 (Theft), part 2 of Art. 200 (Illegal actions with transfer documents, payment cards and other means of access to bank accounts, electronic money, equipment for their production), part 2 of Art. 361 (Unauthorized interference with computers, automated systems, computer networks or telecommunication networks) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. A preventive measure in the form of detention was chosen for the suspects. They could face up to six years in prison. The issue of announcing suspicion to other members of the group is being resolved.
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