"Adyrna" informed with reference to the Polisia.kz website that the members of the criminal group of fraudsters, consisting of seven people, were arrested by the regional prosecutor's office and the members of the anti-organized crime department of the SKO DPB in cooperation with the Nur-Sultan city criminal police department.
It was noted that the detainees have knowledge in the field of IT-technologies and psychology, which they successfully used in fraudulent activities carried out on the territory of Kazakhstan. The group was developed for three months. The roles of each participant were divided.
For example: the organizers acted as coordinators, gave instructions on transferring fraudulently obtained funds and raising withdrawal limits, other members of the group chose the so-called "droppers" - persons to whom payment cards were issued. They were chosen from former convicts, orphan graduates of orphanages, students and ordinary people of faith. The criminals assured these people that there would be no consequences for these actions.
In addition, other members of the group in the cities of Kazakhstan were given payment cards through the established criminal chain in order to withdraw cash from ATMs. All those arrested were imprisoned in the temporary detention center in the cities of Nur-Sultan and Petropavlovsk. Three of them were previously convicted of theft, burglary and vandalism. To date, more than 64 episodes of Internet fraud have been identified. The amount of damage caused in advance is about 200 million tenge.
"If you have become a victim of Internet scams, please contact the police immediately," the police reminded.
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