In the Armenian capital, 41 members of a criminal group have been detained, suspected of fraud against citizens of Kazakhstan and other countries.
According to Polisia.kz, the activities of two call centres organised by the suspects were stopped as a result of joint operations by the Department for Combating Cybercrime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan and the Main Directorate for the Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Investigative Committee of Armenia.
“The organisers and members of a transnational criminal group involved in internet fraud against citizens of Kazakhstan and European countries have been identified and detained. They offered victims to invest money in supposedly large investment companies”, the statement said.
During searches, law enforcement officers seized more than 70 units of computer equipment, about a kilogram of gold, 5 cars, $30,000, Russian roubles, Georgian lari, and a cryptocurrency wallet.
It is noted that the criminal group consisted of citizens of Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Syria, and Lebanon.
“At present, the Armenian side, with the assistance of the Department for Combating Cybercrime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan, is carrying out investigative actions and operational-search measures. They are aimed at establishing all the circumstances, additional episodes, accomplices in the illegal activity, as well as the amount of damage caused to citizens of Kazakhstan”, the statement said.