Hulbert Thomas, 27 of the Year, Neil Bautista, 22 and Mawli Thurairajah, 30 of the Year, are accused of trying to abuse over 3.400.000 dollars from the bank accounts of their clients Lloyds TSB. The suspects were all banking employees Lloyds TSB.
According to Oxford Mail the three of them had installed a device monitorings to computer ενός συναδέλφου τους που τους επέτρεψε να συλλέγουν τις πληροφορίες που απαιτούνται για τη μεταφορά χρημάτων από λογαριασμούς των πελατών της banks.
The theft took place in the summer of 2012 at the branches of Halifax Slough, Newbury and Camden. Halifax is a part of Bank of Scotland, which is a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group.
Prosecutors say the scammers monitored "the mouse, keyboard and storage device." The monitoring device they were using allowed them to remotely access the destination computer via the Internet. All their transactions took place when the bank closed.
The suspects are believed to have attempted to steal over $3.400.000, but the real damage for the bank it is about $738.000.
Thefts were revealed when a manager of a Halifax branch noticed a suspicious transaction tens of thousands of pounds in a client's account.
A survey revealed that a total of £ 605,000 ($ 1,000,000 / € 735,000) was transferred to 13 different accounts. The hacking device was discovered during an internal investigation.
