Reuters - Spanish police say they have arrested eight people who allegedly helped steal more than $60 million from banks around the world. The method they used for the robberies was reproduction – creation credit cards and ATM withdrawals.
The arrests are one of the biggest except of the United States who were connected to a series of bank robberies. The robberies were reportedly coordinated and took place in multiple countries, netting the robbers millions of dollars in a matter of hours.
The Spanish police said in her statement that six Romanians and two Moroccans were detained on the outskirts of Madrid. Seized 25.000 euros, as well as about 1.000 blank credit cards, computer systems and several jewelery.
The statement states that the gang was controlled by a single person arrested in Germany.
The police statement, continuing, says they acted after a US security service they did not name.
"Most of the Spanish-based group has been disbanded and reorganized to carry out new attacks similar to the previous ones in various European Union countries," police said.
Οι αρχές πιστεύουν ότι ο επικεφαλής ήταν ειδικός πληροφορικής που κατάφερε να παραβιάσει και να αποκτήσει βάσεις δεδομένων που χρησιμοποιούνται από τις επιχειρήσεις επεξwork credit cards. So he was able to modify the security settings, including the PIN number restrictions. So they could create fake credit cards that they used for withdrawals and purchases.
Speed the way and extent of robberies was revealed earlier this year, when US prosecutors arrested seven suspects for bank robberies in the Middle East.
