"Ukraine Closes Fraudulent Call Center That Ripped off Thousands"

Thousands of victims were tricked by impostors working out of a Ukrainian call center who pretended to be Information Technology (IT) security employees at their banks. The scheme has now been shut down. The scammers called the victims, informed them that their bank accounts had been compromised by attackers, and asked for financial information. The bank accounts of the victims were drained by the criminals. The scheme was discovered by the Cyber Police Department of Ukraine, the Main Investigative Department of the National Police, the Prosecutor General's Office, and Kazakhstan's law enforcement officers. Investigators discovered that 37 operators from a call center formed by three Dnipro residents called Kazakhstan residents while posing as IT security personnel at their banks. The criminals alerted the citizens to strange transactions and persuaded them that threat actors had accessed their accounts. Under the guise of reversing the transactions, individuals were convinced to hand over financial information. In order to collect the funds, offshore bank accounts and cryptocurrency wallets were used. It is expected that over 18,000 Kazakh citizens have fallen victim to the scam. It is unknown at this time how much money was lost. In addition to searching the call center and the suspects' homes, law enforcement agents have seized 45 pieces of computer equipment, mobile phones, SIM cards, and draft records. Furthermore, it is now evident that the criminals were in possession of databases containing the personal information of Kazakhstani citizens. This article continues to discuss the takedown of a Ukrainian call center that defrauded thousands of victims while pretending to be bank IT security employees. 

Cybernews reports "Ukraine Closes Fraudulent Call Center That Ripped off Thousands"