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The District Prosecutor’s Office in Razgrad detained a defendant of cybercrime and money laundering for up to 72 hours, the press service of the Appellate Prosecutor’s Office in Varna announced.
Khalid H., 26, was detained for up to 72 hours by decree from the Razgrad District Prosecutor’s Office. He was prosecuted for two acts: for computer crimes under article 319d, para. 2 of the Penal Code and for the laundering of money from criminal activities, pursuant to article 253 of the Penal Code. Tomorrow, the Razgrad District Prosecutor’s Office will submit a request to the Razgrad District Court to take a restriction measure “Detention in custody” of the accused.
As announced yesterday by the press service of the Varna Appellate Prosecutor’s Office, under the leadership of the District Prosecutor’s Office in Razgrad, the CDCOC has carried out an operation regarding data on cybercrime and money laundering. Three were detained during the operation, one of whom was Khalid, known as a hacker.
A search of his property activated a running computer with a remote access program activated. In this way, the defendant was able to withdraw information about bank balances and accounts of unsuspecting persons, generally foreigners, and execute orders with his funds, which he transferred to the accounts to which he had access.
Officials from the General Directorate for the Fight against Organized Crime searched four properties, seized seven cars and 30,000 BGN, which were found in the home of 26-year-old Khalid. He was convicted three times for withdrawing money from foreign bank cards, an offense under Article 249 of the Penal Code, and the acts for which he was convicted were also committed through remote access to foreign devices.
With the funds from criminal activity, the hacker bought expensive real estate and cars.
The investigation into all the criminal activity of the 26-year-old Khalid H. continues.
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