(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) A joint international operation has led to the dismantling of a group of cybercriminals active in Italy, Spain, Poland, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Georgia, who are suspected of committing financial fraud involving email account intrusions, Europol said in a press release Wednesday.
The operation resulted in the arrest of 49 suspected members of the criminal group, 58 properties were searched, and authorities seized laptops, credit cards and cash, SIM cards, memory sticks, forged documents and bank account documents.
Investigations revealed international fraud totaling 6 million euro, accumulated within a very short time. The suspects, mainly from Nigeria, Cameroon and Spain, transferred the illicit profits to outside the EU through a sophisticated network of money laundering transactions.
The operation was coordinated by Europol's European Cybercrime Centre in the Hague, and Eurojust, and supported by law enforcement authorities of Italy, Spain, Poland and the UK.
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