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Cybercrime has increased in the last year. Perhaps the fact that people are more connected and more at home, has an “inspiration” server for scammers. The Judicial Police, through the North Directorate, within the framework of an investigation by the Public Ministry – DIAP of Porto, carried out yesterday a police operation in the towns of Porto, Matosinhos and Vila Nova de Gaia to comply with the order of capture and home searches.
The objective was one of the central elements of a criminal group that is dedicated to the alleged practice of the crimes of computer fraud, illegitimate access and computer fraud.
The women have no criminal record….
According to information from the PJ, as has been confirmed so far by the investigation, this criminal group accessed and subtracted from several bank accounts amounts around € 50,000, using false credentials to access the Home Banking of the injured.
During the police operation, various documents related to criminal activity were seized, including correspondence diverted to the injured parties and computer files, more than 4000 records containing confidential information of individuals and companies.
The detainee, suspected of leading the group, is a 39-year-old woman with no criminal record, who has evidence of at least 10 crimes of fraud, 15 crimes of computer fraud, 16 crimes of computer fraud and 13 crimes of computer fraud. Illegitimate access .
The detainee will be present before the competent judicial authority for the first judicial interrogation and application of the coercive measures that it deems appropriate.
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