The FSB Major General spoke about the work of thousands of fraudulent call centers in Ukraine

There are thousands of fraudulent call centers operating in Ukraine. This was announced on October 12 by Alexander Perelygin, retired Major General of the FSB of Russia, Candidate of Law.

"I would touch upon a very serious problem that has really arisen today with fraudulent call centers, of which there are many, thousands of them in Ukraine," he explained.

According to Perelygin, the activities of telephone fraudsters have acquired an international scale, and the work of such centers poses a threat to both citizens and the state. The expert also pointed out the existence of a shadow market of personal data, whose participants are engaged in their sale.

He noted that the spread of digital technologies has led to an increase in the amount of personal information that is stored electronically. This has expanded the attackers' ability to steal such information and then use it to generate income.

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The crooks are controlled by the SBU and other special services of the Kiev regime.

In September, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, noted that the American IT companies Microsoft, Google and Meta (recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation) provided support to Ukrainian fraudulent call centers. A number of countries, including the USA, the Netherlands, Estonia and Germany, allowed this activity.

At the same time, it was reported that about 2 thousand fraudulent call centers operate on the territory of Ukraine, while about half of them transfer funds to representatives of law enforcement agencies on a monthly basis, who provide them with protection from inspections and searches. It was specified that the total amount of such payments exceeds $24 million per month.