The Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate investigated a fraud case in Internet and forgery, at the expense of a banking institution and a store with photographic items.
A case file was filed against a national, who was found in the context of extensive searches in the wider region of Ioannina
As it was established, he often changed residences, in order to make it difficult for Mr localization of, while he has been accused of similar offenses in the past
In the house that was staying, photographic items and equipment of great monetary value, which had been acquired in a deceptive manner, were found and seized
From the Hellenic Police's Electronic Crime Prosecution Department, a fraud case was Internet and counterfeiting at the expense of a banking foundation and photographic shop. A case file was filed at the expense of an 42 native, who was accused of computer fraud and post-consumer forgery.
In particular, the investigation of the case was carried out in the context of investigating a related complaint, according to which the above perpetrator had purchased photographic items of great monetary value from a store, presenting altered evidence of transport transactions. This evidence appeared to have been carried out electronically services web-banking of a banking institution, the transfer of the specific amount, from the bank account of the perpetrator to the bank account of the merchant of photographic goods.
A thorough and specialized investigation of the case by the Electronic Crime Prosecutor's Office followed, during which it transpired that the transfer transactions of the amount corresponding to the value of the products were never executed because of an insufficient balance in the 42 Chronology debit account.
In addition, 42 was found to have misled the money transfer receipt so as to misrepresent that the transferred amount had been committed, thus misleading the photo trader and proceeding to the purchase of the items.
42 still has, in order to reinforce the false performances, submitted to the store two altered SMS messages, which appeared to have been sent by the Banking Institution.
For the above, a preliminary examination was ordered, while the Electronic Crime Prosecutor's Office cooperated with the relevant providers of Internet and Telecommunication Services.
From the methodical and thorough police investigation and digital analysis of the data and data, the involvement of 42hronous national in the case in question was identified and his place of residence was identified geographically.
The day before yesterday (10.1.2015) a team of police officers from the Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate carried out a police business in the wider area of Ioannina, where the perpetrator was located and in the presence of a Judicial Officer, an investigation was carried out in the house where he lived.
In-house digital research and analysis identified its illegal activity while an internal computer hard disk was found and seized, as well as photographic items, which were bought in a deceptive manner.
It also emerged that the 42-year-old had been repeatedly accused of fraud in the past, while he often changed residences in order to make it more difficult for the authorities to locate him.
The file that has been filed against him will be submitted to the competent Prosecutor's Office, while his involvement in other similar acts is also investigated.
The photographic items and equipment will be assigned to the owner, while the digital proof (internal hard disk) will be sent to the Criminal Investigation Division for further laboratory examinations.
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 with ios-android operating system: CYBERKID
