The police of Kazakhstan, Ukraine and the Czech Republic eliminated two transnational criminal groups of Internet fraudsters

The police of Kazakhstan, Ukraine and the Czech Republic have eliminated two transnational criminal groups of Internet fraudsters, the correspondent of the Polisia.kz site reports.

– In the framework of countering cybercrime, the Ministry of Internal Affairs officers, during operational investigative measures, established the involvement of foreign citizens in Internet fraud. During the official mission of the Ministry of Internal Affairs employees in cooperation with the National Police of Ukraine and the police of the Czech Republic, the activities of two transnational criminal groups of Internet fraudsters were stopped, the head of the department – the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Shingys Alekeshev said.

Two call centers of fraudsters have been liquidated in the city of Zaporizhia. Criminals, pretending to be employees of banks and law enforcement agencies, called Kazakhs and extorted their account details.

9 people were detained. During the search, 17 pieces of computer equipment, 62 mobile devices, and 35 grams of methadone were seized.

Three fraudulent call centers were liquidated in the city of Odessa. They also engaged in Internet fraud under the pretext of investing in large investment fake companies.

23 people were detained here, 9 suspects were placed in the ITT. 8 cars, 58 laptops, 52 smartphones, more than 100 SIM cards, as well as digital assets worth more than 200 thousand US dollars were seized.

– At present, the investigation and operative search measures are continuing, Shingys Alekeshev noted.