{"id":44990,"date":"2022-12-20T17:18:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T14:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/belarus-clamps-down-on-international-cybercrime-group\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"belarus-clamps-down-on-international-cybercrime-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44990\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus clamps down on international cybercrime group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>December 20, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Belarusian law enforcers detained 20 people allegedly representing an international cybercrime group. Eight of them have been charged, a senior Investigative Committee officer, Andrej Matolka, told a press conference in Minsk on December 20.<\/p>\n<p> The eight suspects are in custody, he said. They include the group\u2019s underage organizer and the developer of its \u201cunique software product\u201d stealing money from card accounts, including during purchase on an unnamed website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to our criminal case files, the total number [of members] in the group exceeds 1,300,\u201d Matolka said. The committee understands that they live in Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Poland and other countries, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 20, BPN. Belarusian law enforcers detained 20 people allegedly representing an international cybercrime group. Eight of them have been charged, a senior Investigative Committee officer, Andrej Matolka, told a press conference in Minsk on December 20. The eight suspects are in custody, he said. 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