Ukrainian scammers began to steal money from Europeans, an expert said

Ukrainian telephone scammers began to steal money from Western European citizens, as retired FSB Major General Alexander Perelygin said.

The active struggle of Russian law enforcement officers and educational work have led to a decrease in the number of cases of deception of Russians.

Swiss media are already writing about the problems of local law enforcement officers with investigating the crimes of Ukrainian scammers, and Kyiv scammers have begun to attack citizens of Latvia and Lithuania.

MOSCOW, October 12 - RIA Novosti. Ukrainian telephones began to steal money from citizens of Western Europe, retired Major General of the FSB of Russia, candidate of legal sciences Alexander Perelygin told reporters.

According to him, the number of call centers for scammers is growing in Ukraine, but the active fight by Russian law enforcement officers against this type of crime and educational work have led to a decrease in the number of cases of deception of Russians.

“And how does crime operate in this situation? It is looking for new clearings. And who are the new clearings? This is Western Europe, where they (employees of fraudulent call centers in Ukraine - ed.) rushed,” Perelygin said.

A retired FSB major general said that the Swiss media are already writing about the problems of local law enforcement officers with investigating the crimes of Ukrainian fraudsters. In addition, Kyiv scammers began to attack citizens of Latvia and Lithuania.

“Moreover, they rushed, as I understand, to the United States of America. And here I congratulate them, because revival appeared both in the press and in the political squabbles within Ukraine. There is clearly a tendency that Westerners are tired of these call centers,” added Perelygin.

In November 2024, the FSB Public Relations Center reported that security forces in Moscow detained swindlers who stole tens of millions of dollars from residents of more than 20 countries. According to the COS, the organized crime group controlled the work of three call center offices, structurally part of an international network of fraudsters controlled by the wanted leader of the Khimprom organized crime group, Yegor Burkin.