An indictment has been submitted to court against three residents of Drohobych, who are accused of unlawful access to user accounts on the Roblox online platform, selling this data to russia and laundering the proceeds. This was reported by the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
According to the investigation, the scheme was organised by a 19-year-old resident of Drohobych, who involved two of his 22-year-old acquaintances. The organiser allocated tasks, oversaw the sale of accounts via a website and Telegram, paid for servers, checked the value of Roblox accounts using special software and distributed the profits.
The other two participants acted on his instructions: they checked accounts with specialised software, administered the website and Telegram channels, placed advertisements, communicated with buyers, and also stored, withdrew and laundered the money. They gained access to other people’s accounts by stealing session tokens (cookies), which allowed them to log in without a password. The obtained data were uploaded into a programme that checked their validity and determined the approximate “value” of an account, taking into account in-game items, equipment and virtual currency.
Between May 2025 and April 2026, the group obtained data from more than 610,000 Roblox users. Information about the profiles was stored in separate files; in total, law enforcement officers discovered 357 such documents. Accounts containing real money or valuable in-game items were sold individually at a fixed price, while others were sold in bulk or at a discount. Sales were carried out on Russian online platforms with payment to cryptocurrency wallets. It has been documented that one account cost approximately 70 Russian roubles, and selling the entire volume could have generated more than UAH 20 million in profit.
The funds received in cryptocurrency wallets were allegedly laundered: the cryptocurrency was exchanged for hryvnias and transferred to their own accounts. In total, almost UAH 2.4 million was “laundered” in this way. The group’s activities were halted in April this year. During searches of the defendants’ homes, investigators seized computer equipment, storage devices, mobile phones, bank cards, rough notes, as well as cash in euros and US dollars. In addition, one of the participants was found in possession of a narcotic substance – cannabis extract, which, according to the investigation, he kept for personal use.
The organiser is charged with organising theft and the laundering of property obtained by criminal means, organising unauthorised interference with the operation of information (automated) systems that led to an information leak, as well as unauthorised sale of restricted information (Part 3 Art. 27 – Part 5 Art. 185, Part 3 Art. 27 – Part 3 Art. 209, Part 3 Art. 27 – Part 3 Art. 28 – Part 5 Art. 361, Part 3 Art. 27 – Part 3 Art. 28 – Part 2 Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The other two group members are charged with theft and laundering of property obtained by criminal means, unauthorised interference with the operation of information systems and sale of restricted information (Part 5 Art. 185, Part 3 Art. 209, Part 3 Art. 28 – Part 5 Art. 361, Part 3 Art. 28 – Part 2 Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). Separately, one of them is accused of unlawful possession of narcotic substances without intent to sell (Part 1 Art. 309 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
At the request of the prosecution, all three remain in custody. The pre-trial investigation was conducted by Lviv District Police Department No. 2 of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Lviv Region with operational support from the Security Service of Ukraine in Lviv Region. Pursuant to Art. 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime until their guilt is proven in accordance with the law and established by a guilty verdict of a court.