Hackers robbing bank accounts nabbed
Azerbaijani law enforcement agencies have seized an
organized group of local and foreign hackers intruding into bank
databases to steal money from expatriates` accounts, says the
National Security Ministry, which carried out the operation to
detain the outlaws.
The transnational group - four Azerbaijani citizens, a Syrian, as well as foreigners living abroad who are currently being identified by investigators - have withdrawn money to the tune of 300,000 manats ($375,000) from the bank accounts of private individuals.
The hackers conspired with foreigners, who are not being named due to ongoing investigation, to establish the Nur-AB Limited Liability Company. Further, the foreign members of the group illegally acquired the numbers and codes of plastic cards held by the clients of banks in the United States, Canada, UAE, Germany, Sweden, etc. and then sent them to their accomplices in Azerbaijan. The latter, under the leadership of Azerbaijani citizen Elgan Valiyev, managed to transfer the mentioned amount to the Nur-AB LLC`s account using the company`s POS terminal, which was earmarked for credit card payments.
The transnational group - four Azerbaijani citizens, a Syrian, as well as foreigners living abroad who are currently being identified by investigators - have withdrawn money to the tune of 300,000 manats ($375,000) from the bank accounts of private individuals.
The hackers conspired with foreigners, who are not being named due to ongoing investigation, to establish the Nur-AB Limited Liability Company. Further, the foreign members of the group illegally acquired the numbers and codes of plastic cards held by the clients of banks in the United States, Canada, UAE, Germany, Sweden, etc. and then sent them to their accomplices in Azerbaijan. The latter, under the leadership of Azerbaijani citizen Elgan Valiyev, managed to transfer the mentioned amount to the Nur-AB LLC`s account using the company`s POS terminal, which was earmarked for credit card payments.
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