RAM from occupied Donetsk stole almost UAH 100 million from Mariupol residents - SBU (photo)

According to the SBU, the suspects worked in favor of Russia and tried to withdraw almost UAH 100 million from the banking system. The fraudulent scheme, as stated in the press release, actively used the criminal group from the uncontrolled Donetsk, the head of which is one of the topsorators of the head of the occupation administration of the Donetsk region Denis Pushilin.

The attackers on the phone turned on banks of banks allegedly on behalf of the account owners and received access to online banking. "The client bases of captured branches in Mariupol and special equipment were used to pass the identification to change the routing of calls. These were personal data of nearly 4,000 locals, including those killed or forcibly exported to the Russian Federation, which have savings in financial institutions in the territory of Ukraine.

, the participants of the scheme converted the stolen money into cryptocurrency, " - say in the SBU. The malefactors used a call center, which operates in Donetsk, whose employees were contacted with the branches of Ukrainian banks. According to the SBU, the organizers of the Scheme were involved in the SBU -controlled regions, which were used to fulfill the instructors from Russia.

In the course of the investigation, the security officers managed to block bank accounts and cryptoamans of RAM participants. The searches were conducted in 8 regions of Ukraine, the results of which computers and special equipment were removed. In addition, almost UAH 65 million was arrested. A day earlier, the SBU reported the exposing of a collaborator from the Luhansk region, who was employed at the Red Cross Society of Ukraine and wanted to leave the country.