As part of the international trade operation, a network of fraud centers was exposed that defrauded 135 German citizens of 4.3 million euros, the national police.
The imposters pretended to be brokers or financial advisors. Using social engineering techniques, IP telephony, and instant messaging, they convinced victims to invest in cryptocurrencies, stocks, and other financial instruments through several pseudo-brokerage platforms.
17 searches were carried out in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, during which almost 600,000 hryvnias, over 90,000 dollars, mobile phones, hardware crypto wallets, SIM cards, computer equipment, documentation and other physical evidence were seized.
Ukraine online.