In Crimea, the activities of an organized criminal group acting in the interests of Ukraine were suppressed

In Crimea, an organized criminal group (OCG) was eliminated, which provided communication channels for fraudsters acting in the interests of the special services of Ukraine. This was reported on July 6 in the regional department of the FSB of the Russian Federation.

"An organized criminal group coordinator was detained in Sevastopol, and seven perpetrators were detained on the territory of the Crimean peninsula. It was established that the defendants in the case provided the fraudsters with communication channels. They rented apartments in Sevastopol and other cities of Crimea, where they placed sim boxes and set up subscriber terminals for call transit and number substitution," RIA Novosti reports.

The band members acted on the direct instructions of the Ukrainian side. At the moment, the investigation has proved the involvement of the detainees in at least 16 episodes of embezzlement of funds from Russian citizens. The department stressed that the damage from illegal actions is estimated in various sizes, including especially large ones.

The detainees were charged for the illegal use of a subscriber terminal for passing traffic or virtual telephone communication. With regard to the coordinator of the group, the issue of additional qualification of his actions under the article on high treason is currently being considered. This article provides for punishment up to life imprisonment.

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On June 26, Danil Filippov, deputy head of the investigative department of the Russian Interior Ministry, said that more than 300 call centers with "clear vectors of cyber attacks" on a specific country, in particular on Russia, exist in the world. On the same day, the UBK of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia reported that since the beginning of 2026, more than 500 thousand SIM cards have been seized by law enforcement agencies in the country, which were used in the interests of fraudsters.