The man developed a money theft plan and assembled an organized criminal group.
Employees of the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Astrakhan region completed an investigation into the criminal case against a resident of the Krasnodar Territory, who intended to "clear" the accounts of bank customers in the United States and Korea.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the 46-year-old man developed a plan for embezzlement of money and gathered an organized criminal group of six Astrakhan and one Rostovite aged 27-54, each of which was assigned a role. Attackers observed conspiracy measures and even rented an office in order to simulate the implementation of entrepreneurial activity and create the appearance of the legality of the funds received.
In May 2016, cybercriminals acquired online bank card databases and made duplicates using a decoder to record information on the magnetic strip. Money from the "cloned" cards had to be transferred to a specially allocated account through a POS terminal under the guise of paying for purchases in a shoe store.
The group planned to transfer $ 500 thousand in this way, but did not succeed, because its activities were suppressed by the employees of the regional FSB Directorate together with the operatives of the Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Astrakhan Region. Attackers were able to make only 29 test transfers - financial transactions with insignificant amounts to verify the operation of the scheme.
Seven members of the group received 4 years in prison with a sentence in a penal colony and a penal colony. The organizer himself was hiding for a long time from law enforcement agencies, but last month he was detained in Rostov-on-Don and taken to Astrakhan. The criminal case against the man with the indictment was sent to court for examination on the merits.
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Employees of the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Astrakhan region completed an investigation into the criminal case against a resident of the Krasnodar Territory, who intended to "clear" the accounts of bank customers in the United States and Korea.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the 46-year-old man developed a plan for embezzlement of money and gathered an organized criminal group of six Astrakhan and one Rostovite aged 27-54, each of which was assigned a role. Attackers observed conspiracy measures and even rented an office in order to simulate the implementation of entrepreneurial activity and create the appearance of the legality of the funds received.
In May 2016, cybercriminals acquired online bank card databases and made duplicates using a decoder to record information on the magnetic strip. Money from the "cloned" cards had to be transferred to a specially allocated account through a POS terminal under the guise of paying for purchases in a shoe store.
The group planned to transfer $ 500 thousand in this way, but did not succeed, because its activities were suppressed by the employees of the regional FSB Directorate together with the operatives of the Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Astrakhan Region. Attackers were able to make only 29 test transfers - financial transactions with insignificant amounts to verify the operation of the scheme.
Seven members of the group received 4 years in prison with a sentence in a penal colony and a penal colony. The organizer himself was hiding for a long time from law enforcement agencies, but last month he was detained in Rostov-on-Don and taken to Astrakhan. The criminal case against the man with the indictment was sent to court for examination on the merits.
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