According to the investigation, a 31-year-old man organized a fraudulent scheme to obtain funds from clients of "PrivatBank".

He involved a 32-year-old and a 29-year-old resident of Kam'yanka-Buzka in the "case".

The group members adhered to a meticulously developed plan, which allowed them to convince bank clients to transfer funds to accounts controlled by the suspects. To appear as convincing as possible, they had a pre-agreed and scripted scenario for each participant.

Thus, one of the women called the victims and, introducing herself as a representative of the bank's security service, informed them that suspicious transactions had been recorded on their accounts and to cancel them, she "transferred" the call to the "head of the security service" — the organizer of the group. He convinced the person that to protect their funds, they should be transferred to "safe" accounts. For this, he "connected" them with another accomplice — a "financial department employee of the bank". She continued to assure the client that the remaining funds on the card were at risk and offered a "safe" account for storage.

Subsequently, the misled victims transferred money to bank accounts indicated by the pseudo-bank employees.

The organizer divided the received funds among all group members. They could use part of it for their own needs, including replenishing accounts in online casinos, while the other part was used to purchase necessary tools and equipment to continue their illegal activities.

For the sake of conspiracy, the suspects constantly changed mobile phones and numbers, stayed no longer than 10 days in rented apartments in Lviv, and also used different accounts in various banks.

Currently, 20 deceived individuals have already contacted law enforcement. According to preliminary information, the material damage caused to the victims amounts to over 800,000 UAH.

Under the procedural guidance of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor's Office, the organizer has been notified of suspicion of organizing fraud committed as part of an organized group (part 3 of article 27 – part 5 of article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), and the executors – fraud committed as part of an organized group (part 5 of article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

At the request of the prosecution, all members of the criminal group have been chosen preventive measures in the form of detention with the right to bail.

Investigative actions are ongoing, and all involved persons are being identified.

The pre-trial investigation is conducted by the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Lviv region, with operational support from the Cybercrime Prevention Department of the Cyber Police Department of Ukraine.

Note: according to article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered 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 court verdict.