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Using a vulnerability in the mobile application of an international taxi service, the defendants made changes to travel information. Thus, the attackers appropriated at least 200 thousand hryvnias. Law enforcement officers conducted 5 searches of the members of the group. The seized property, including $ 70,000, was seized. The organizer has been notified of the suspicion.
The attackers were exposed by employees of the Department of Countering Cybercrime in Kiev together with investigators of the Darnytskyi Police Department of the Main Directorate of the National Police of Kiev under the procedural guidance of the Darnytskyi District Prosecutor's Office of Kiev.
A 23-year-old resident of the capital organized a fraudulent scheme, which attracted accomplices to it. The defendants created a Telegram channel where they accepted orders for passenger transportation at low fares.
In the future, the scammers created corresponding orders in the mobile application of one of the popular taxi services. Using vulnerabilities in the app, scammers changed the order information. Thus, the offenders took possession of the funds for the trip. The funds received from criminal activities were credited to the numbers of controlled bank accounts of intruders.
According to preliminary data, the defendants caused damage to an international company totaling 5 thousand euros, which is the equivalent of almost 200 thousand hryvnia.
The police conducted 5 searches in the homes and cars of the defendants. More than 70 thousand dollars, computer equipment, data storage devices, mobile phones, bank cards, SIM holders, a car and "rough" records were seized. During the investigation, the attackers unsuccessfully tried to destroy notes containing important evidentiary information. The seized property, in particular cash in foreign currency, was seized.
Investigators opened criminal proceedings under Part 3 of Article 190 (Fraud) The Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for up to five years of imprisonment. Suspicion was declared to the organizer and a petition was sent to the court for choosing a preventive measure in the form of detention.
Based on the results of the analysis of the evidence seized during the searches, a decision will be made to declare suspicion to other participants in the fraudulent scheme. Investigative actions are continuing to establish possible accomplices of the attackers and the total amount of damage caused.
The attackers were exposed by employees of the Department of Countering Cybercrime in Kiev together with investigators of the Darnytskyi Police Department of the Main Directorate of the National Police of Kiev under the procedural guidance of the Darnytskyi District Prosecutor's Office of Kiev.
A 23-year-old resident of the capital organized a fraudulent scheme, which attracted accomplices to it. The defendants created a Telegram channel where they accepted orders for passenger transportation at low fares.
In the future, the scammers created corresponding orders in the mobile application of one of the popular taxi services. Using vulnerabilities in the app, scammers changed the order information. Thus, the offenders took possession of the funds for the trip. The funds received from criminal activities were credited to the numbers of controlled bank accounts of intruders.
According to preliminary data, the defendants caused damage to an international company totaling 5 thousand euros, which is the equivalent of almost 200 thousand hryvnia.
The police conducted 5 searches in the homes and cars of the defendants. More than 70 thousand dollars, computer equipment, data storage devices, mobile phones, bank cards, SIM holders, a car and "rough" records were seized. During the investigation, the attackers unsuccessfully tried to destroy notes containing important evidentiary information. The seized property, in particular cash in foreign currency, was seized.
Investigators opened criminal proceedings under Part 3 of Article 190 (Fraud) The Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for up to five years of imprisonment. Suspicion was declared to the organizer and a petition was sent to the court for choosing a preventive measure in the form of detention.
Based on the results of the analysis of the evidence seized during the searches, a decision will be made to declare suspicion to other participants in the fraudulent scheme. Investigative actions are continuing to establish possible accomplices of the attackers and the total amount of damage caused.
