The organizer of a scheme that defrauded volunteers of 20 million hryvnias has been extradited from Armenia: the perpetrators sold non-existent drones and vehicles for the AFU

The organizer of a scheme that defrauded volunteers of 20 million hryvnias has been extradited from Armenia: the perpetrators sold non-existent drones and vehicles for the AFU

An organizer of a fraudulent scheme, through which volunteers and military personnel lost over 20 million UAH, has been extradited from Armenia.

According to the investigation, an organized group created fake online stores and social media pages, where they posted advertisements for the sale of cars, drones, thermal imagers, and other equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. To build trust, they posed as volunteers, publishing photos and «reports» from the front line.

After receiving advance payments, which sometimes amounted to hundreds of thousands of hryvnias, contact with the buyers was cut off. The total amount of stolen funds is over 20 million UAH.