A Plovdiv resident forgave himself with BGN 100,000 after fraud, “Maritsa” learned exclusively. The case is from a few days ago. After the quick and professional actions of the police in the city under the hills, a total of six people were detained, and others involved in the fraud scheme are being sought. Those arrested are subject to a 72-hour detention order by the decision of a supervising prosecutor.
It explains exactly how the fraudsters managed to crack the victim’s online banking password. However, the fact is that 100 grand are missing from the man’s account. During the investigation, it became clear that the stolen money was operated in Sofia. They were transferred to several accounts, then physically withdrawn to the capital.
The scheme is extremely well developed, and so that it is difficult to get to the main actor. Accounts of “mules” are revealed, whose job it is to then withdraw the money and pass it along the chain, of course receiving a reward for this effort. Once the siphoned funds are scattered across bank accounts, they are then distributed to others in even smaller chunks, making them difficult to trace. In the scheme, there is a strict hierarchy and everyone performs exactly a specific task, without knowing the others and their contribution.
The investigation is in an active phase. Apart from the mechanism of penetration into the victim’s online banking platform, the complete fraudulent scheme is also clarified. It is not excluded that there are more detainees, and that they are responsible for other similar large-scale strikes.
