A resident of Kruglyansky district helped phone scammers to steal more than Br148 thousand

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A resident of Kruglyansky district will be tried for illegal distribution of bank card details and theft on a particularly large scale by fraudulent means. BelTA learned this from the information service of the Mogilev Region Prosecutor's Office.

The 19-year-old defendant opened the accounts of Internet banking users of the mobile application of one of the banks for a fee, registering them for himself and his mother. After that, he granted access to them to another person and received money for it.

The young man decided to continue earning money in this way and placed an advertisement on the Internet, where he asked subscribers to send him account details in the Internet banking application of a certain bank for Br15. Thus, he collected information about the accounts of 37 citizens, which he also provided to another person. From July to December 2022, he received more than Br4 thousand for this.

By selling information that contained information about fictitiously opened bank accounts on other persons, the accused contributed to the theft of money from people. They were called by intruders disguised as bank employees and law enforcement officers, asked to install programs through which they could manage the Internet banking application.

From November to December 2022, more than Br148 thousand belonging to 16 victims from different regions of the country were illegally transferred to these accounts.

After studying the materials of the criminal case, the Prosecutor's Office of Mogilev region agreed with the legal qualification of the crime under Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 222, Part 4 of Article 212, Part 4 of Article 409 of the Criminal Code. Earlier, the prosecutor left unchanged the measure of restraint applied to the accused in the form of remand in custody.
 
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