Czech Police Arrest Alleged Bank Phishers
Czech police have arrested three Czechs who were alleged members of a gang that stole 1.6 million crowns [U.S. $73,641] from three people by breaking into their accounts at the Komercni banka (KB) bank, the daily Mlada fronta Dnes writes.More here.
The organisers of the scam were probably Ukrainians who have hired the Czechs as their helpers, the paper writes, adding that the Ukrainians stole the money from the Czech bank accounts without entering the Czech Republic.
"The perpetrators from Ukraine also organised similar scams in other countries, for instance in Germany or the USA," the paper quotes Miloslav Kocan from the Prague police economic crime department as saying.
KB has returned the money to the three Czech clients whose accounts had been looted by the alleged gang members.
The hackers from Ukraine copied the key to the accounts with the help of a computer virus, then broke into them and transferred the money to other accounts.
The Czechs then withdrew the money and sent it to Ukraine through the Western Union international system. In Ukraine, the money was withdrawn by persons who used either forged or stolen personal documents, the paper says.
The Czechs only received some 100,000 crowns each for their participation. The Ukrainians hired them through the Internet and gave them orders by phone.
The Czech alleged gang members now plead not guilty, saying that they were unaware that they were hired to participate in the fraud.
posted by Fergie @ 2/06/2007 10:01:00 AM
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