Czech Police Arrest Alleged Bank Phishers

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via ČeskéNoviny.cz.

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Czech police have arrested three Czechs who were alleged members of a gang
that stole 1.6 million crowns [U.S. $73,641] from three people by breaking
into their accounts at the Komercni banka (KB) bank, the daily Mlada fronta
Dnes writes.

The organisers of the scam were probably Ukrainians who have hired the
Czechs as their helpers, the paper writes, adding that the Ukrainians stole
the money from the Czech bank accounts without entering the Czech Republic.

"The perpetrators from Ukraine also organised similar scams in other
countries, for instance in Germany or the USA," the paper quotes Miloslav
Kocan from the Prague police economic crime department as saying.

KB has returned the money to the three Czech clients whose accounts had
been looted by the alleged gang members.

The hackers from Ukraine copied the key to the accounts with the help of a
computer virus, then broke into them and transferred the money to other
accounts.

The Czechs then withdrew the money and sent it to Ukraine through the
Western Union international system. In Ukraine, the money was withdrawn by
persons who used either forged or stolen personal documents, the paper
says.

The Czechs only received some 100,000 crowns each for their participation.
The Ukrainians hired them through the Internet and gave them orders by
phone.

The Czech alleged gang members now plead not guilty, saying that they were
unaware that they were hired to participate in the fraud.

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More:
http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/index_view.php?id=235109

- - ferg

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