Ukrainian deceived the American marriage agency in a million
'24.11.2017'
Source: vesti-ukr.com
Inna Ya., A resident of Cherkasy, whose name was not disclosed, for several years blackmailed an international marriage agency in which she worked at that time. 31-year-old mother of two children was able to lure a million hryvnas from 1 service, tell Vesti-ukr.com.
1 million Ukrainian hryvnia - the equivalent of more than 37 thousands of US dollars. For a crime, a woman faces 12 years in prison with confiscation of property. Inna worked in marriage dating services with foreigners. dating.comwhich also keeps several popular online dating sites on the Internet in 32 countries of the world. The main office of the company is located in New York.
It all started with the fact that one of the most famous sites once stopped working. On the same day, the management received a letter requesting a ransom, which had to be transferred to an online wallet. For two days, the American employees tried to resume the work of the site, but eventually they had to fulfill the requirements of the blackmailers until the company lost customers who pay for the services. That time the amount was 3500 dollars. The next time the hackers demanded to transfer the ransom several times more, now - in the cryptocurrency. All this was repeated several times, and the money was transferred each time.
Law enforcement officials found out that the cyber attacks were organized from Cherkassy. The organizer was one of the agency's employees, who was involved in translations, organizing the delivery of gifts from foreigners and other standard services. With the money received, the violator opened a children's club, which she “presented” to her little daughters. The investigation also found that the woman was an active member of online groups to make money online.
Now the young mother is under house arrest, she was prosecuted under several articles at once. The maximum term that threatens a woman is 12 years. Inna herself does not comment on this.
