Agents of the National Police have dismantled a criminal organization that allegedly carried out different computer scams and had data on more than four million people, according to a statement.
Specifically, 34 members of the criminal group have been arrested and 16 searches have been carried out in towns in the provinces of Madrid, Málaga, Huelva, Alicante and Murcia, where two simulated firearms, a katana, a baseball bat have been seized. , 80,000 euros in cash, four high-end vehicles, a database with crossed information of four million people and computer and electronic material valued in thousands of euros.
The criminal organization carried out fraudulent activities worth almost three million euros by carrying out various types of scams.
The leaders of the network used false documentation, making use of 'spoofing' techniques to hide their identity and invested their profits in crypto assets.
The investigation began at the beginning of this year by specialized agents of the Central Cybercrime Unit, when they identified a criminal network that illegally accessed databases from various financial and credit entities, entering different amounts into client accounts. of money from the credit institution.
They then contacted those clients informing them that due to a computer error they had entered a loan and had to return it. As the investigation progressed, it was discovered that they also penetrated other multinational commercial databases, obtaining personal data of more than four million people who could have been used to commit their criminal actions.
This information being used to carry out 'vishing' campaigns simulating the identity of electricity supply companies, phishing campaigns impersonating the identity of different banking entities, the 'son in trouble' scam, as well as the scam of a technology company, by taking advantage of the fact that one of the members of the organization occupied a strategic position in a technological multinational, diverting merchandise from suppliers to the organization, without going through the company that had actually acquired the computer and electronic products.
In addition, they obtained profits of around three million euros, selling to other criminal organizations the websites programmed by the organization's hackers (such as fake banking websites, mass message sending programs or cross-databases) through specialized forums.
The main leaders of the network have been placed in provisional prison and more than 1,000 complaints have been clarified, not ruling out the identification of more perpetrators and victims.
