Disruption of the circuit with electronic frauds brought out “bass”. How did the spiral that stole money from bank accounts exceeding 120,000 euros work
After many months of investigations, the police authorities succeeded and dislocated multi-member criminal organization with electronic frauds that had as its “base” Attica while operating throughout Greece.
So far approximately 14 arrest warrants have been issued some of whom also live in Heraklion.
The case is typical of a homeless man in Omonia who was taken yesterday to the Heraklion investigator and after his confession was remanded in custody.
According to the newspaper “Patris”, o 48 years old homeless person appears to have a share in 52 companies, in 49 of which he appears as a manager at a percentage of 100%. It is impressive that the 41 companies were founded within one month, in September 2020.
According to EL.AS, all this is completely consistent with the tactics of criminal organizations for “money laundering”.
The 48-year-old is said, according to Heraklion Security officials, to have been “straw man” of the ring that stole serious sums of money from the bank accounts of unsuspecting citizens.
They emptied the accounts without the beneficiaries noticing the slightest, since the “key” for the big trick was the renewal of sim cards by using fake authorizations. And for this reason, the ongoing investigation is expected to extend to both Citizen Service Centers and mobile phone stores, as there are suspicions on the one hand, and lawsuits on the other.
The case file of the Heraklion Security had long been forwarded to the justice system and a few weeks ago the responsible investigator of Heraklion issued 14-15 arrest warrants against mainly persons who live and operate in Attica, but there are also those involved at the local level.
So far six people have been pardoned. One woman on Saturday and five men yesterday. The only one who was deemed a temporary prisoner is the 48-year-old, the so-called “straw man”. The rest were released with restrictive conditions. Specifically, they were imposed the conditions of appearing twice a month at the Police Station of their area, a ban on leaving the country, while one was additionally imposed financial guarantee, in the amount of 5000 eurosoh The information says that yesterday we had another arrest.
How the trick was set up
The defendants, according to the case file, together with his accomplices, unidentified, at least from March 24, 2021 onwards, formed and joined a structured and continuously active criminal organization, consisting of at least three perpetrators with a division of roles, in order to to commit computer frauds, forgeries and other crimes, with the aim of making a large illegal financial gain, which in total exceeds 120,000 euros.
In particular, acquiring access to online management (e-banking) bank accounts of individuals, made transfers of large sums of money from their bank accounts to other bank accounts with beneficiary members of the criminal organization, it is claimed.
In order to bypass the security valve of banking transactions through e-bankingaccording to which a one-time transaction confirmation code is sent to the telephone connection of the beneficiary’s bank account for the completion of bank transactions, the perpetrators falsified responsible statementsin which the beneficiaries of the bank accounts are alleged to have authorized members of the criminal organization to change the mobile telephone connection (sim) cards of the telephone connections.
Members of the organization used to go to mobile phone service company stores, both in Heraklion, Crete, and in Athens, and using the fake responsible declarations, requested to replace the mobile phone card of the victim-beneficiary bank account, as the case may be, and received the new sim card. The members either sent in digital form by electronic mail or presented to the store in paper form the obviously fake responsible declarations of the victims.
The disputed responsible statements are said to have certificate of genuine signature of the sufferers from customer service outlets (KEP) of municipality of Moschatos Attica and the municipality of Athens.
Based on what is included in the case file, there are cases of fraud of amounts ranging from 6,000 euros to approximately 50,000 euros.
The… homeless man with dozens of companies
The case of the 48-year-old pre-trial detainee is of particular interest as a practice and tactic of these circuits. From the investigation of Heraklion Security in the Police online TIN application, it emerged that he had: participation in 52 companies, in 49 he was a 100% administrator. Of these companies, 7 have been established in 2019, one in 2021 and 41 businesses within September 2020. These businesses reportedly have a number of diverse activities (e.g. construction, electrical, food items, clothing items, tax, security )
He himself during his apology is said to claimed to be illiterate, as he has not finished primary school.
He was homeless for about two months in Omonia, when he was approached by an accountant who offered to use his data for 150 euros every month.
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