It is reported that a bank's cybersecurity employee was also involved in the $8 million fraud.
In Tashkent, the activities of a group suspected of calling citizens on behalf of banks to misappropriate their money and issue online loans in their names have been halted. According to the report, the group also included an employee of the cybersecurity department at the head office of one of the banks.
A bank cybersecurity employee is also alleged to have been involved in an $8 million fraud
The operational-search activities were carried out in cooperation with the State Security Service Department for the Syrdarya Region and the Regional Internal Affairs Department.
It is reported that five individuals born between 1989 and 2005, residing in Tashkent city and Tashkent region, rented a non-residential building in the Mirobod district and set up a fake call center.
Another citizen connected to the group, born in 1989, installed an illegal GSM gateway device in a rented apartment to be used in the call center's operations.
The report states that the group was led by a previously convicted person born in 1979, residing in the Tashkent region.
Group members called citizens on behalf of various banks, claiming that fraudsters were allegedly trying to obtain loans in their names. Under this pretext, they obtained the victims' personal data, embezzled funds from their bank cards, and issued online loans in their names.
According to the provided information, a total of 8 million US dollars obtained through criminal means was transferred abroad and laundered in the form of cryptocurrency through a fake LLC.
A criminal case has been opened regarding the situation. During the preliminary investigation, 10 individuals involved in this activity were identified.
The report did not disclose the name of the bank, the number of victims, or the country to which the funds were transferred.