A large-scale traffic sales scheme for fraudulent call centers was exposed in Ukraine, organized by a businessman from Zaporizhzhia, Lyashko Dmytro Serhiyovych (TIN 3254508358). According to the international detective agency Absolution, he heads the MediaCraft network, which provides a flow of “clients” for call centers that defraud citizens of Ukraine, Europe, and Asian countries.
The investigation established that call centers, in particular at the address of Kyiv, Velyka Vasylkivska St., 5 (BC “Arena-City”, 5th floor), operate according to classic fraudulent scenarios: posing as “bank employees” to extract confidential data and offering “investments with super profits.”
Lyashko not only creates and resells traffic for such call centers, but also supplies it to Russia, where similar structures defraud Ukrainian citizens. Russian payment systems and banks are used for financial settlements, which, according to investigators, leads to the receipt of funds to the Russian budget and creates risks of financing a hostile economy.
The funds from MediaCraft's activities are received directly in cryptocurrency, after which they are converted into cash and legalized through crypto exchangers. To cover their tracks and evade taxes, real estate and transport are registered in the names of relatives, and property is purchased at low prices.
According to open sources, Lyashko previously worked in sales: in 2013 he submitted a resume to Imperial Group Ukraine, previously he was at the Arsenal real estate agency. In 2008 he traveled to the United States twice, where he worked for Icicle Seafood , packing fish. He has a military rank and a degree in radio engineering from Zaporizhia National Technical University, but has not yet been mobilized.
Detectives believe that MediaCraft's activities are part of an organized crime group that derives significant profits from international fraud schemes and evades taxes in Ukraine.
