Funding scheme for Russian intelligence agency exposed in Khmelnytskyi region

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – WEDNESDAY, 31 AUGUST, 2022, 18:37

In Khmelnytskyi region, law enforcers busted an illegal scheme of hidden transfer of money from the Russian Federation; it was used to fund agents of Russian invaders through electronic payment systems. Additionally, a network of bot farms was exposed.

Source: Office of the Prosecutor General

Quote: "According to the investigation, three residents of Kyiv Oblast created a network of anonymous Internet platforms where they accepted orders for the purchase, sale or exchange of digital funds from non-bank prohibited payment systems of the Russian Federation.

According to operational data, the scheme was used by the invaders' agents who received the money from their Russian handlers to carry out subversive activities against Ukraine."

Details: During the searches, law enforcers seized computers, more than a thousand SIM cards of Russian network operators [on which the electronic accounts of payment systems were registered], draft documentation, and more than 1.2 million hryvnias [approximately $35,000 US dollars] in cash.

Criminal proceedings have been initiated based on the fact of unauthorised interference in information systems, electronic communication, information and communication systems and electronic communication networks (Part 5 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)

The investigation was carried out by the Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor's Office and the investigative department of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, together with employees of the regional Department of Countering Cybercrimes and workers of the regional office of the Security Service of Ukraine.

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