The Office of the Prosecutor General, in cooperation with European law enforcement agencies, has terminated the activities of an organized group whose operations were aimed at fraudulently acquiring funds from citizens of the European Union.

Thus, under the procedural guidance of prosecutors from the Office of the Prosecutor General, a fraudulent call center was uncovered and shut down, where employees, under the guise of receiving profits from pseudo-investments, were seizing funds from European citizens.

They created imitation websites that externally completely mimic real investment platforms. To create an impression of the legitimacy of receiving payments from investment activities, they established a network of advertisements with fake reviews and comments, promising enormous profits from pseudo-investments. 

The organizer of the criminal activity is a 31-year-old native of the Donetsk region. He also involved two citizens of Ukraine in the illegal activities.

On November 20, 2025, 19 searches were conducted in Kyiv, during which information about the fraudulent activities was obtained, including correspondence between members of the organized group, CRM systems, personal data of the victims, as well as computer equipment, mobile phones, rough notes, and a significant amount of cash.

Members of the organized group have been notified of suspicion under Part 3 of Article 27, Part 5 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and have been served with a motion for the selection of preventive measures in the form of detention.

Note: according to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven in a lawful manner and established by a guilty verdict of the court.