Ukrainian call center fraud network disrupted

Operations of a Ukrainian call center fraud ring that has amassed over 10 million from more than 400 victims across Europe have been taken down by law enforcement authorities in Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, and the Czech Republic in an effort coordinated with Eurojust, reports BleepingComputer.

Aside from apprehending a dozen of the 45 individuals suspected to be part of the scheme, authorities have also sequestered fake identification documents, vehicles, computers, cash, a polygraph machine, and weapons as part of the operation. Eurojust noted that the commission-based fraud ring involved the hiring of individuals from various countries, who were then asked to work for call centers in Dnipro, Kyiv, and Ivano-Frankivsk to defraud targets via bank employee and police impersonation, as well as remote access software.

"Members of the criminal group had different roles in the organization, ranging from making calls and forging official certificates from the police and banks to collecting cash from their victims," said Eurojust.