Η Διεύθυνση Δίωξης Ηλεκτρονικού Εγκλήματος συμμετείχε σε κοινή αστυνομική επιχείρηση διεθνικού χαρακτήρα, για την εξάρθρωση εγκληματικής οργάνωσης που διέπραττε απάτες μέσω διαδικτύου, πλαστογράφηση επίσημων εγγράφων και trading drugs
The operation was carried out jointly with the Romanian and Dutch authorities, under the coordination of Eurojust
Transfer of amounts of money over 2.000.000 euros was verified, by the method of electronic fishing (Phishing)
A total of 30 investigations were carried out, 8 members of the criminal organization were arrested and 220.000 euros were confiscated, among others.
In our country, 121.335 euros, bank cards with third party details and a number of documents and documents related to the case were confiscated.
The Directorate for the Prosecution of Electronic Crime participated in a joint police operation of a transnational nature, carried out jointly with the Authorities of Romania and the Netherlands, in the context of which a criminal organization was dismantled that committed large-scale Internet fraud, money laundering, forgery of official documents and throughmovement drugs.
In a joint police operation that took place on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, a total of thirty (30) investigations were carried out by all the authorities involved, eight (8) members of the criminal organization were arrested and 220.000 euros were confiscated, including mobile phones, laptops, banks cards, travel and other documents.
As it turned out, the members of the criminal organization, in the period from August 2020 to June 2021, stole through credit (Phishing) data of credit-debit cards and credentials of electronic banking accounts of hundreds of citizens in Europe. They then transferred illegal amounts of money, totaling over 2.000.000 euros, to bank accounts, which they had issued with forged documents, to banking institutions in Hungary, Spain, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, etc.
In particular, the subtheft των τραπεζικών στοιχείων και data, πραγματοποιούνταν κυρίως μέσω απατηλών μηνυμάτων ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου που απέστελαν οι δράστες στα θύματα, τα οποία περιείχαν είτε κακόβουλο λογισμικό, είτε απατηλούς υπερσυνδέσμους που φαινομενικά ανακατεύθυναν σε δημοφιλείς ιστοσελίδες αγοραπωλησιών και βραχυπρόθεσμης μίσθωσης καταλυμάτων.
In addition, members of the criminal organization posted deceptive advertisements for the sale of luxury vehicles on shopping sites, where by using the names of non-existent transport and payment companies they deceived potential buyers, receiving significant sums of money to buy luxury vehicles.
For the implementation of the Joint Undertaking, a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) was set up under the judicial coordination of Eurojust, between the Romanian and Dutch authorities, in which the Hungarian, Spanish and Spanish Authorities participated in the execution of European Investigation Mandates. of our country, through the Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate.
In more detail, our country participated in the investigation of the case, at the request of the Romanian authorities, through an urgent European Investigation Order, and was ordered to conduct investigations to locate and locate two (2) suspects, members of the criminal organization, who were Greek territory.
After thorough investigations and searches by the Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate, two (2) members of the criminal organization were identified and geographics their place of temporary residence in short-term rental apartments in Attica, while the involvement of a third party also arose.
A coordinated police operation followed, in the context of which their involvement in the criminal organization was identified, while in the investigations that followed, they were found and confiscated:
- Euro 121.335,
- 8 mobile phones and 17 sim cards,
- portable computer,
- 56 bank cards with listed third party details and
- a number of documents and documents related to the case.
More information about the case can be found on the Eurojust website at the link https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/new-action-against-online-criminal-network-defrauding-users-popular-consumer-sites and the Romanian police at the association https://www.diicot.ro/mass-media/3212-comunicat-de-presa-08-07-2021 .
