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Police exposed the owner of a media resource for extortion over removal of publications and notified him of suspicion in Berlin
For several years, the website and its associated Telegram channel systematically spread negative and discrediting materials about the head of one of the companies and his business.
The resources had an audience of many thousands and were mainly used to post compromising content; at the same time they were not registered as online media and were not entered in the Register of Media Entities.
Publications about the victim and the company he headed appeared on these platforms at least since 2018. After another series of materials, the resource owner made a specific demand to the victim — to transfer cryptocurrency equivalent to 3,5 thousand US dollars for the removal of already published materials and to stop their further distribution. After the funds were transferred, the respective publications were removed from the website and the Telegram channel.
During the investigation, law enforcement established that the suspect was in the Federal Republic of Germany and initiated investigative actions within the framework of international legal assistance.
🔹26 August, German police, acting on the request of the Ukrainian side, carried out a search of the suspect’s place of residence in Berlin. The investigative actions were carried out with the participation of officers from the Main Investigation Department and the Cyber Police Department of the National Police of Ukraine.
✔️The owner of the internet resource has been notified of suspicion under Part 4 of Article 189 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — extortion. The article’s penalty provides for up to twelve years of imprisonment with confiscation of property.
🔹Currently, law enforcement is preparing documents to place the suspect on the international wanted list and to extradite him to Ukraine.
The scheme was documented by investigators of the Main Investigation Department of the National Police together with cyber police officers under the procedural supervision of the Office of the Prosecutor General.
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