About 30% of funds obtained through fraud in the Mykolayiv region go to Russia

Approximately 30% of the funds that cyber fraudsters steal from Mykolaiv residents go to Russia.

Hanna Zabielina, the head of the department for countering cybercrimes in the Mykolaiv region, told about this, writes NikVesti.

According to her, a large percentage of cybercrimes investigated by Mykolaiv law enforcement officers are committed from abroad.

— Many persons whom we expose in frauds are abroad, in particular in the country of the aggressors. I am sure that according to the cases we investigated, about 30% of the funds obtained through criminal means go to the country of the aggressor, — said Hanna Zabielina.

We remind that in Mykolaiv region during January-November 2023, 279 criminal offenses based on the fact of cybercrime were registered. During the same period in 2022, 110 such crimes were registered in the region, which is 139% less than this year.