According to the information provided, the group was engaged in the mass activation of accounts in the messengers WhatsApp, Telegram, and on the Lalafo platform, using SIM cards from local telecommunications operators, and also organized the purchase of bank cards from citizens through so-called droppers.
Special services established that these accounts and cards were then resold to scammers via Telegram, who used them for voice phishing, extracting money from citizens through deception.
The criminals posed as employees of the GKNB, the National Bank, and other government agencies, accusing victims of "financing terrorism" and threatening them with criminal cases. Victims were sent fake letters allegedly from the leadership of the state committee with forged signatures and letterheads.
During the investigation, the following individuals were detained and placed in a pre-trial detention center:
- A.B.N., born in 2008, detained in IK-14 for two months;
- A.Э.K., born in 2006, placed in SIZO-1 of Bishkek;
- R.Ш.K., born in 1999, previously convicted for fraud, is in the GKNB SIZO;
- Ж.К.R., born in 2001, has convictions for robbery, theft, and fraud, also placed in the GKNB SIZO;
- T.B.Ш., born in 2009, handed over to the care of parents;
- A. u. S., born in 2004, previously involved in cases of "Murder" and "Fraud," is in the GKNB SIZO;
- A.A.A., born in 2008, released under parental obligations;
- K.I., born in 2009, released under parental obligations;
- Дж.S.A., born in 1996, placed in SIZO-1 of Bishkek.
The investigation is ongoing, and the GKNB is working to identify other participants in the scheme.
Special services remind that the transfer or sale of one's SIM cards, bank cards, and accounts in messengers to third parties may lead to criminal liability. In some cases, such actions are classified as complicity in fraud.
