Fraudsters used a complex scheme, accusing citizens of financing terrorism
Special services of Kyrgyzstan discovered and halted the activities of a criminal group that provided technical resources for international cybercriminals. The detained individuals were involved in the mass activation of accounts in the messaging apps WhatsApp and Telegram, as well as on the Lalafo platform, using local telecom operators for this purpose. Additionally, they supplied bank cards issued in fictitious names.
The investigation established that this infrastructure was used by fraudsters to organize large-scale phishing attacks.
The criminals employed a cunning scheme, posing as high-ranking officials from the State Committee for National Security and the National Bank, accusing people of financing terrorism. They sent fake letters on counterfeit letterheads, imitating the signatures of executives to convince their victims. The State Committee for National Security emphasized that the dismantling of the "drop channels" was a significant blow to the network of transnational fraud.
As a result of the operation, the following individuals were detained:
- "A.B.N.", born on 19.02.2008 (held in custody at IK-14 in the village of Voznesenovka, Panfilov District, Chui Region for two months);
- "A.E.K.", born on 09.07.2006 (placed in SIZO-1 in Bishkek for two months);
- "R.Sh.K.", born on 22.05.1999 (previously convicted multiple times under Article 204 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic for "fraud"), (held in SIZO of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic for two months);
- "Zh.K.R.", born on 12.11.2001 (has convictions under Articles 201 "robbery", 209 "fraud", 200 "theft" of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic, etc.), (placed in SIZO of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic for two months);
- "T.B.Sh.", born on 12.02.2009 (released under parental obligations);
- "A.u.S.", born on 30.04.2004 (previously convicted under Article 130 "murder" and accused under Article 204 "fraud" of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic), (held in SIZO of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic for two months);
- "A.A.A.", born on 24.09.2008 (released under parental obligations);
- "K.I.", born on 18.07.2009 (released under parental obligations);
- "Dzh.S.A.", born on 01.06.1996 (placed in SIZO-1 in Bishkek for two months).
Further investigation is ongoing.
The State Committee for National Security also warned citizens against transferring or selling accounts of mobile messengers and bank cards to third parties located abroad. Such actions may be regarded as complicity in fraud and other crimes, which entails criminal liability.
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