The Brest Regional Prosecutor's Office has filed a criminal case against a resident of Minsk, born in 2004, who is charged with embezzlement of property by modifying computer information as part of an organized group.
According to the case file, the accused no later than April 2022 joined a criminal community operating on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, which specialized in stealing citizens ' funds through the use of phishing links.
The accused, acting as a "worker", directly performed actions to seize bank payment card details from the victims for subsequent embezzlement of money using them. In particular, through correspondence or phone calls, he contacted victims, including users of online dating sites. To do this, I used Internet platforms, as well as messengers Viber, Telegram and WhatsApp, the social network Instagram, as well as mobile communications.
Then, under the pretext of spending time together on behalf of the girl, the young man convinced the victims to go to phishing sites of non-existent business entities. He offered to enter the account access details required for spending operations – the payment card number, its validity period, CVV code, and transaction confirmation code-ostensibly to pay for purchased services.
The scheme of theft consisted in the fact that after such a transition, victims were asked to enter the details of their bank payment cards. This, in turn, allowed members of an organized group to illegally take possession of such information and steal money from their cards.
During the preliminary investigation, embezzlement and attempts to steal funds in the amount of more than 17 thousand rubles were established. In the course of the investigation, the relatives of the accused compensated the victims for the damage caused by the crime in full.
The study of the materials of the criminal case showed that the preliminary investigation was conducted comprehensively, fully and objectively, and the illegal actions of the accused were correctly qualified under Part 4 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
The preventive measure in the form of remand in custody was applied correctly, there are no grounds for changing or canceling it.
According to the case file, the accused no later than April 2022 joined a criminal community operating on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, which specialized in stealing citizens ' funds through the use of phishing links.
The accused, acting as a "worker", directly performed actions to seize bank payment card details from the victims for subsequent embezzlement of money using them. In particular, through correspondence or phone calls, he contacted victims, including users of online dating sites. To do this, I used Internet platforms, as well as messengers Viber, Telegram and WhatsApp, the social network Instagram, as well as mobile communications.
Then, under the pretext of spending time together on behalf of the girl, the young man convinced the victims to go to phishing sites of non-existent business entities. He offered to enter the account access details required for spending operations – the payment card number, its validity period, CVV code, and transaction confirmation code-ostensibly to pay for purchased services.
The scheme of theft consisted in the fact that after such a transition, victims were asked to enter the details of their bank payment cards. This, in turn, allowed members of an organized group to illegally take possession of such information and steal money from their cards.
During the preliminary investigation, embezzlement and attempts to steal funds in the amount of more than 17 thousand rubles were established. In the course of the investigation, the relatives of the accused compensated the victims for the damage caused by the crime in full.
The study of the materials of the criminal case showed that the preliminary investigation was conducted comprehensively, fully and objectively, and the illegal actions of the accused were correctly qualified under Part 4 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
The preventive measure in the form of remand in custody was applied correctly, there are no grounds for changing or canceling it.