Hackers embezzled almost 200 thousand euros, devastating the account of a businessman

A businessman from Larisa became a victim of computer fraud, and 194,900 euros “flew” from his account.

The Larissa police department initiated a case against 51 people – 46 citizens of the country and 5 foreigners, of which 23 men and 28 women, as well as an unknown number of their accomplices (data are being specified) for creating a criminal group engaged in computer fraud and money laundering. According to law enforcement agencies, in order to achieve their goals, the attackers used phishing method.

In this particular scam, the attackers call their victim and pose as the responsible persons of an organization, such as a bank, government agency, or office, in order to convince them to disclose bank account details.

Thus, Larisa’s businessman also “stepped on this rake”, because, according to the statement he filed with the police, an unknown person called a relative’s mobile phone and, introducing himself as the son of his accountant, asked him for bank account details.

The relative gave the scammer the businessman’s phone number so they could speak directly. When communicating with a businessman, the perpetrator first asked the victim to enter the bank account of his company through electronic banking, and then, using a series of tricks, convinced him to give him the codes that he received from the bank.

Following the perpetrator’s instructions, at the end of the conversation, the victim discovered that he did not have access to his account, while transactions were made to different accounts in the amount of 194,900 euros.

As it turned out as a result of the investigation, the entire amount of the seized money was transferred in parts, with consecutive transfers of amounts from 6,000 to 36,000 euros, initially to 7 different accounts. Subsequently, a small percentage of the amount was withdrawn directly from an ATM, with the remainder distributed in smaller amounts ranging from €2,950 to €5,000 to another 44 different accounts from which the amounts were withdrawn from different ATMs, mainly in Attica and Phthiotis.

The initiated case was transferred to the prosecutor for criminal cases of Larisa.

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