Ukraine Business Fraud Group

Posted on Monday, May 9th, 2011 at 11:49pm CDT by 57c2d6fb

Product: Financial Services

Company: Not Available

Location: 87 Kotelnykova St., Apt.153, Kyiv, Ukraine Kiev
Kyiv, UA

URL: http://www.d2invest.co.uk/

Category: Other

ALL INFORMATION VERIFIABLE UPON REQUEST!!!!

There exists a criminal organization in Ukraine that is scamming and defrauding legitimate international businessmen in Europe and the United States. The head of this street hustler conmen goes by the name of Samuel Joel Nirushan but use aliases such as J. Samuel, Nirushan Samuel, Irosha T. Perera, and Nirushan Samuel, and Peter Druggan from Peregrine Capital. He is a 5ft 3inches -5ft 4inches dark skinned, Sri Lankian, male between 135-150 pounds. His picture and that of his accomplices can be found on the internet and on youtube . He also uses the company D2 International Investments or D2 Investments. He and his group have used the following email addresses: s@d2invest.co.uk; sam@d2invest.co.uk ; irosha.t.perera@gmail.com ; samchikk@gmail.com; iranick@ukr.net (wife Iryna Parubets); a@mahasona.com (attorney Anastasiia Torop); pearl2008@mail.ru (assistant Margarita Moskaluk). He uses Skype addresses ITP172 or d2invest. The physical addresses that he uses in his scam are 87 Kotelnykova St., apr.153, Kyiv, Ukraine, and the address for Hyatt Regency Kiev Hotel (he uses this location to set up accomodations for clients and to conduct business), Raddison Blu Hotel Kiev, and the notary office at Ms. Ilona Kompaniets Notary office 9B B Khmelnitskogo Str. Apt 19 01030 Kiev Ukraine.

He and his cohorts target and steal money from international businessmen that send them money to set up development or project financing transactions via Ukraine subsidiary companies and corporate bank accounts. His group will target unsuspecting clients from site like this one. Their scam is simple. You send money for set up fees for an attorney and accountant. They will ask you to create a Power of Attorney so they can set you up Tax Identification, Residency, and Ukrainian company. Then invite you to come to Ukraine and open a bank account to finalize the transaction. The fraud and scam happens when they use a fraudulent Power of Attorney in order to steal money directly from your personal or corporate bank account. They will inform the banks and others that you owed them money and it was a contractual dispute.

His team consist of the following members; his twenty-something blonde wife Iryna Parubets, dark haired twenty-something assistant Margarita Moskaluk, twenty-something blonde attorney Anastasiia Torop, and thirty-something male accountant Vova Abramovitch. Their latest victims have lost over $300,000. The group uses legitimate businesses in Kiev, Ukraine as platform and shields for their crimes. They will use notary offices like Ms. Ilona Kompaniets Notary Office; hotels such as well known Hyatt Regency Kiev and Radisson Blu Hotel, Kiev to meet and conduct business with their victims. They will falsely claim that they are working with Ukrainian financial companies such as Dragon Capital (Investment Bank), Concorde Capital (Investment Bank), UniCredit Bank, UkrSibbank, Universal bank and Citibank (Russia and Ukraine offices), and Raj Rajaratnam and his former hedge fund Galleon Group. They will use these emails to impersonate bank officials and senior executives of finance companies. This was done to a client with fake email conversations with the following individuals; Miltiadis Papanikolaou (CEO of Universal Bank in Ukraine), Raj Rajaratnam, (owner of the now defunct hedge fund Galleon Group), Igor Volokh, (Director of Corporate finance at Universal Bank), Steven Fisher (Head of Citibank in Ukraine), Amith Sah (Consumer Banking Head for Russia and CIS, ZAO Citibank), Zdenek Turek (CEO of ZAO Citibank), and others. The email domain registrations were created out of Russia. Money is then laundered through Western Union or Bank of Cyprus to pay for professional fees to set up Ukrainian companies. However, the money is simply stolen at this point.

Samuel Nirushan and his group claim he is able to secure financial guarantees and financing among Ukrainian and Russian banks and financial institutions based in Russia such as ZAO Citibank or Citibank in London. The group is currently being investigated by a number of law enforcement agencies such as the FBI, Interpol, and National Central Bureau of Interpol in Ukraine for crimes such as, identity theft, mail fraud, credit card fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. If you have been a victim of this group or know of victims, please contact your local authorities, United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, Europol, Interpol, or the National Central Bureau of Interpol in Ukraine.


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1147edf2, 2011-06-24, 01:38AM CDT

Anybody who has overcome this please mail me on jterlouw951@hotmail.com

bea1a3ea, 2011-10-05, 05:42PM CDT

Please Note updated information.

Samuel Joel Nirushan is known to many as Joel (Nirushan) Samuel a UK convicted criminal. Currently resides in the Ukraine. He has committed various fraud crimes since being released from prison in 2007. Look into Leeds Crown Court records and/or the West Yorkshire police department. This is all public records and is and has been verified.

Check out YouTube video by searching "Joel Nirushan Samuel" or "Samuel Joel Nirushan". The link is -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcGQt4K5zUA.

The news releases can be found online new releases by UK news media outlets. Check out "CARD FRAUDSTERS HAD MEANS TO SWINDLE 34m" and "MILLIONS AT STAKE IN CREDIT CARD FRAUD" by Yorkshire Post; "JAIL FOR CREDIT CARD SCAM GANG" by Wakefield Express; and "SENTENCES WERE TOO LONG, APPEAL COURT JUDGE RULES" by Morley Observer & Advertiser.

09472eb1, 2011-12-29, 08:48PM CST

hi, i was wondering if there was a couple by the name of dave & angela dawes that currently have an account with you??? cos they have e-mailed me saying that i have to get in contact with this bank, due to you guys having money to be transferred into my bank!!! please get back to me asap so i know what is going on!! thankyou

76afd0f7, 2012-02-29, 07:34AM CST

Hi, I just received mail from a couple by the name of dave & angela dawes whom won the Euro Millions Lottery last year (Email: dave.angeladawes12@gmx.com).

They ask me to get in contact with this bank, due to you guys having money to be transferred into my bank!!!

And Mr. Jonathan Steinberg who said he is a Chief Accounting Officer (Local/Foreign) for

JSCB Citibank Ukraine (Email "JSCB Citibank Ukraine" <Citi.bnk.ua@post.com> Tel: +380631197315) already mailed me to send all of my data to him then CitiBank Ukraine will transfer a lot of money to my bank account.

Would you please inform to me a.s.a.p so I could know what is going on!!

Thanks

3cf33fda, 2012-06-02, 10:02AM CDT

there is a psydo company operation in ukraine as bancompany which in fact is not a company but operate as 1 person show, changing email add as changing underwear they pretend they can get seat in ukrain university yet they do nothing but rip off your money

they rip me 3000 dol s as they insist to be paid by western union

i have proof of them

35922191, 2012-07-24, 11:03PM CDT

Hi, I just received mail from a couple by the name of Gareth and Catherine Bull whom won the Euro Millions Lottery last year (Email: gareth.bull@hotmail.co.ukThey ask me to get in contact with this bank, as I am a benefiacry for 1.5M pounds

They also send me an email which contained a video clip of them receiving the 41 millions pound cheque

Please confirm as I was just doing research and came across this article.

I am from Singapore. I have emailed JSCB CITIBANK UKRAINE ALL MY PARTICULARS INCLUDING MY BANK DETAILS.

Please advise asap.

Thanks

8e0c98ce, 2012-08-03, 09:56AM CDT

HELLO I ALSO GOT A EMAIL FROM JOHNATHAN STEINBERG CONTROLLER CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER CITI BANK WITH PICTURES OF DAVE&ANGELA DAWES THE EURO MILLIONERS AND THIS IS THE PHONE NUMBER 380631607262 I NO THIS IS NOT FOR REAL LET ME NO WHAT TO DO SCAMS SCAMS BUT IAM NOT GIVING MY BANK INFORMATION OUT I GAVE THEM ADDRESS AND TOLD THEM TO SEND THE CHECK AND THEY TOLD ME TO SEND THEM THE MONEY FOR THE COURIER.

Don T., 2012-08-19, 07:28AM CDT

Received a E-Mail from Mr. Barry Kent, allegedly from the Funds Transfer Department of JSCB Citibank,Kiev, Ukraine - alluding to the fact that funds have been donated to me by Lottery Winners: Mr. & Mrs. MerleButler of Il.; USA. They want to wire transfera valid Citibank cheque for $1,500,000.00 - And they of course are asking me for bank information so they can accomplish this. Their address is 16G Dymytrova Street; Kiev, Ukraine

Q. Is this a scam like all the other E-Mails I have been receiving - all promising to send tons of money of which I do not deserve????

Awaiting a reply! Thank you and have a nice day

Don A. Theriot

LAURENCE D., 2012-08-22, 07:34AM CDT

This mob have also e-mailed me saying that the latest euro millions winners have generously donated 1.5 million pounds to me and the citybank ukraine need my bank details to transfer the money, alternatively if I send them ?175 they will courier the cheque to my home address. DONT DO IT PEOPLE THESE ARE SCAMMERS AND WILL SWIPE YOUR MONEY FROM UNDER YOUR NOSE OR IF YOU HAVE GIVEN BANK DETAILS WILL EMPTY YOUR ACCOUNT

05d2abd6, 2012-09-06, 07:05PM CDT

Hi there, I have receieved an email also claiming that Mr and Mrs Bayford have given me 1.500.000 million dolars and I need to send 340 pounds for the transfer of funds to my account, I sent an email saying I did not have 340 pounds could they take it out of the funds

havent heard any thing I also gave my bank account no which I do not use often if this a scam that they will not get anything off me, the bank is based in the Ukraine definitely a scam

Altaf Hussain S., 2012-11-16, 04:49AM CST

Hi, I am from Pakistan and have received an email from Colin & Chris Wein to win euro lottery of $1.5 USD and to contact the bank and an email received from JSCB Citi Bank of Mr. Jonathan Steinberg to collect information and than an other email of funds transfer succesfull report than he call me to money gram to him of $268.02 on the private name. And he calls me 4-5 times daily for moneygram him.

Paul M., 2012-11-16, 02:23PM CST

Hello, iam in Uganda and i first recieved and from the Adrian & Gillian Bayford(bayfords@katamail.com) the winners of the loterry jack port of 148 euro million pounds informing me that iam alucky beneficially of 1,500,000 million GBP and was asked to submit all my bank detailsand my full names so that money be transfered to my account in Uganda. i did reply by giving them my details and after i was asked to pay $475 USD through western union as transfer charges so that the the transfer of funds can be effected after 24 hrs. i paid the money but then after i recieved the reply telling me that they have been asked by SSCSC as regards anti money laundering and tax policies to put the transfer process on hold until i pay for 2,370 USD. All these e-mails aftethat of the bayfords family are being sent by the man calling himself Johnson White(funds transfer department) jscb citibank.

Awaiting reply.

Saul

528814ee, 2013-04-01, 06:07PM CDT

I received the email from Adrian&Gillian Bayford stating they would like to share their winnings with to the sum of 1.5 million. They even sent me pictures of them with their winning check in hand. Gave my name and phone number which is not attached to any of my accounts. These are email addresses I have received from Mr. Bayford

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/new-?148-6m-euromillions-winners-adrian-and-gillian-bayford-celebrated-by-eating-pizza.html

adrianbayford11@rogers.com

This is information I received for the banking

citi.bnk.ukraine1@wss-id.org

+380634785686

I would like to know if this is truly a scam. If so can you do anything with information which I have provided.

7882f8ac, 2013-04-15, 04:26AM CDT

i have recieved the same email ,and i contact asking who they were.and than got another email saying to contact citibank

so i email citibank the link and have now been asked for details.....its got to be a scam.

1d1fd8e5, 2013-05-09, 02:02PM CDT

Hello, today i received this e-mail, and i contacted Citibank through e-mails, but i am still waiting for their reply! I really want to follow up on this so that the police maybe finally can be able catch this very bad and sick people! I am now preparing my own case to the Norwegian police, working with eqonomic crimes and frauds from foreign countries!

Welcome To JSCB Citibank Online Service Ukraine

16G Dymytrove Street,

Kyiv 03150, Ukraine

Dear Customer;

You are receiving this email correspondence from Mr Jeffery Brown, the Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of JSCB Citibank Ukraine.

JSCB Citibank Ukraine is constantly striving to meet your offshore and international banking and investment needs, and when you join our Organisation , you are making a commitment that deserves reward, as we offer you access to a wealth of services and products and a dedicated relationship manager.

Your details were forwarded to us by the management of Kingsley Napley Law firm on behalf of Gillian and Adrian Bayford the Euro Millions Lottery winners, declaring you as a Bonafide beneficiary of their ongoing donation.

JSCB Citibank Ukraine hereby officially inform you that your valid cheque for 1,500,000.00 GBP = $2,328,241.57 USD is currently in our bank's possession and as it was deposited with us as an International bank draft by the Gillian and Adrian Bayford, the Euro Millions Lottery Winners.

According to the European Financial Service Authority rules and regulations for accounts and large transfers, International customers are to employ the services of an intermediary bank which will be responsible for clearing their Cheque here in Europe before the funds in cash can be transferred to the destination country.

This is the role JSCB Citibank Ukraine have been authorized to play and we expect you to furnish us with the below details to enable us transfer/wire your funds to your operational bank account in your country.

Step 1:

*FIRST NAME:

*LAST NAME:

*DATE OF BIRTH:

*SEX:

*ADDRESS:

*CITY:

*STATE:

*POSTCODE:

*COUNTRY:

*MOBILE NO:

*FAX IF ANY:

*OCCUPATION:

Step 2:

*BANK NAME:

*BANK ADDRESS:

*NAME OF ACCOUNT:

*ACCOUNT NUMBERS:

*SWIFT CODE :

*ROUTING NUMBERS:

Your funds which amounts to 1,500,000.00 GBP = $2,328,241.57 USD will be credited to your operational bank account within 2-3 working days after transfer.

NOTE: If you do not wish to submit the above details due to reasons best known to you, your valid bank cheque can be sent to your address via courier delivery, but you will be responsible for courier delivery fee as delivery fee must be paid before shipment is effected.

Thank you for your time and may God Almighty blessed you and your lovely family , we look forward to the successful transfer of your funds.

Yours in service,

Mr Jeffery Brown

Chief Accounting Officer(Local/Foreign)

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