“In the course of the joint work of Russian and foreign law enforcement agencies, it was established that participants in the so-called “swatting” Internet communities were involved in organizing this criminal activity, and their organizers and administrators were a citizen of Ukraine Osipchuk Anton ... as well as his accomplices, ”quotes intelligence agency RIA Novosti.
It is noted that the Ukrainian born in 2003 is a native of the Volyn region.
He studies at the National Technical University of Ukraine, which is located in Kiev.
It is specified that 14 members of the respective communities have already been detained in a number of Russian regions.
Criminal cases have been initiated against them for knowingly false reports of terrorist attacks.
Earlier it was reported that the Leninsky District Court of the Tula Region will consider a criminal case against a citizen accused of providing knowingly false information about an impending explosion.
On January 27, a court in Glazov, Udmurtia, passed a sentence on a 63-year-old local resident who was found guilty of knowingly falsely reporting an act of terrorism.