From the Electronic Crime Prosecution Division, a case of continuous fraud was solved via the Internet against a company active in the mediation market of all kinds of tickets.
A case file was filed against 42, a domestic and public limited company based in Thessaloniki, and the level of fraud so far has not been precisely determined
From the Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate, a case of continuous fraud was investigated and a regular procedure file was filed, on the one hand, against a 42-year-old woman, in Thessaloniki, and on the other, an anonymous company of Investments - Restaurant Operations, also in Thessaloniki, for continuous fraud carried out through Internet.
In particular, the case was investigated following a company-based complaint, based in Attica, which is active in the market for brokerage of all types of tickets, including air travel via the Internet.
In particular, the company complained that fraud was committed at its expense, as purchases of airline tickets were made via the Internet using credit cards issued by Greek and foreign banks and the data of their owners did not match the reported data in the transactions in question .
More specifically, the complainant company received a request from a banking institution with which it cooperates to challenge a transaction. After a thorough digital survey it was found that with the same data of a trader, 52 received trips in three-month purchases of tickets from the Internet for flights:
- nearby dateand passengers with Greek and foreign names, and
- departing from Thessaloniki Airport, with destination mainly airports in Germany and Frances.
The Directorate of Cybercrime Prosecution carried out a thorough police-digital investigation and analysis of the data and facts of the case, which resulted in the following:
The electronic traces recorded in the information systems of the inciting company, which carried out the fraudulent transactions, were of Greek origin.
Transactions were made with various credit cards that were issued by Greek banking institutions, but also by foreign countries (Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Chile) and according to the company's partner bank, the names of the real owners of the cards used are not identical to those declared in each ticket order.
For the more complete investigation of this case, an Order and a Board were issued to remove the secrecy of communications, followed by correspondence with the competent Internet and mobile - fixed telephony service providers. The results in the case under investigation showed the involvement of the 42-year-old native, owner of a store in Thessaloniki and the societe anonyme, also based in Thessaloniki.
Subsequently, police officers of the Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate searched for those involved in the alleged home-work addresses in Thessaloniki and it was found that they have now closed their businesses - stores and are receiving unknown residence, while they are wanted to be examined by the Authorities.
From all the evidence, the pre-investigation material and the investigation, it is estimated that the wanted persons were conducting opportunistic - temporary opening of shops for the performance of illegal activities, which were closed after a short time space and frequently changed home and work addresses to make them difficult to trace.
The regular procedure filed for the case was submitted to the competent Prosecutor's Office, while the total amount of fraud was investigated.
