The traces of a spiral involved in cases of forgery and computer fraud were reached, after relevant investigation, by police agents of the Property Rights Protection Department of the Security Directorate Thessaloniki.
A 45-year-old man and three 24-year-old men were identified as the perpetrators, against whom a case was opened for criminal organization, committed and attempted computer fraud, committed and attempted illegal access to an information system or data, and forgery.
In particular, according to THE GREEK POLICE.the 45-year-old man initially gained access to the victims’ online banking applications and then, using their identity information and mobile phone numbers, assisted the two 24-year-olds in creating false identity cards.
He then went to mobile phone shops, where he activated phone connections using the victims’ details and then transferred sums of money from the victims’ accounts to an account to which his 24-year-old accomplice had access.
From July to August 2023, using this method, the perpetrators extracted a total amount of 18,594 euros from four victims.
Furthermore, as emerged from the investigation, a case was opened against the 45-year-old and 24-year-old man by the Sub-Directorate in the past Electronic Crime Charge from Northern Greece for the corresponding criminal activity.
The process will be submitted to the competent judicial authorities.