Russia and Belarus are jointly and successfully combating fraudulent call centers.
Law enforcement agencies have jointly uncovered an international criminal group that operated in this area in Belarus, Russia, Israel, and Kyrgyzstan.
According to the Belarusian news agency «БЕЛТА», citing the Republican Investigative Committee, 55 members of this organized crime group, including the organizers, were arrested in January on suspicion of committing a crime. The group's activities in Russia and Belarus have been suppressed.
However, its alleged members continue to be arrested in different countries. For example, one of the Belarusian citizens was arrested today in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek.
The system worked as follows: Companies were registered in Minsk, Moscow, and Bishkek to cover up their activities. On their behalf, under the guise of advertising and other services, the perpetrators rented offices. Fraudulent call centers were located there, from where various calls were made to citizens.
Also, members of the organized crime group created and posted on the Internet sites with false information about the possibility of earning money by investing in non-existent financial organizations. People from different countries transferred money to fraudsters after calls and visits to such sites.
The Investigative Committee of Belarus is currently investigating a criminal case against members of this international organized crime group. It has been established that it included Belarusians who operated from the territory of Kyrgyzstan.
Earlier, Roskomnadzor began discussing with major domestic telecom operators new ways for mobile operators to combat telephone fraud. In particular, we are talking about the option of blocking all spam calls from abroad to Russia by default.
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