From the Electronic Crime Prosecution of the Hellenic Police, a case was solved theftof objects and digital devices of great value and a regular procedure file was filed against four people, namely a 31-year-old local woman and three (3) Albanian citizens aged 35,31, 25 and XNUMX years, for the crime of theft.
In particular, the investigation of the case started after a domestic lawsuit was filed with a police authority for the dismantling of its property, causing damage to it, and the removal of goods worth a total of eleven thousand (11.000) euros.
Items taken included the store owner's personal laptop computer and anonymous prepaid payment cards totaling two thousand five hundred (2.500) euros.
The filed case file was forwarded to the Electronic Crime Prosecution Division because, due to the type of removed items, a specialized digital investigation was required.
The above was brought to the attention of the Piraeus District Attorney's Office and a preliminary examination was ordered, in the context of which a thorough digital investigation and analysis of the data and elements of the case.
From the digital survey that followed, in cooperation with a prepaid payment service company, it was found that anonymous prepaid cards removed from the store were used in online betting services, which by properly exploiting the electronic traces of online betting players, has led to the identification and involvement of the above persons.
Then, in the morning hours (26 / 04 / 2016), searches were conducted in their homes, in the presence of a law enforcement officer, where three 3 laptops, a tablet, a mobile phone and a digital disk, theft products were found and seized.
From the on-site digital investigation of the seized convictions emerged data for their possible real owners, in conjunction with open theft cases of corresponding items, to solve other theft cases and return the removed items to their owners.
The file submitted against them will be submitted to the competent Prosecutor's Office.
It is recalled that citizens can communicate, with anonymity or surnames, with the Electronic Crime Prosecutor's Office in order to provide information or to report illegal or scandalous actions or activities, carried out via the Internet, to the following contact details:
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telephone: 11188
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Sending an e-mail to: ccu@cybercrimeunit.gov.gr
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Through the application for smart phones: CYBER KID
