After six years of preparation and coordination in an international operation, 15 people were arrested suspected of online fraud that caused damage of up to 18 million euros, Europol announced, reports Tanjug.
In the operation from June 12 to 15, 31 houses were searched in Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.
The leader of this criminal organization was arrested in Cyprus, four suspected criminals each were detained in Latvia and Finland, two in Britain and one in the other mentioned countries, as well as four more people in Germany.
Since 2012, more than 35.000 cases of fraud have been detected on the Internet. In all cases, various online companies ordered high-quality goods using credit cards with false information through a network of sales agents.
Recipients of these goods, middlemen or so-called "mules" would resend the packages to new addresses, mostly in Eastern Europe.
All the perpetrators used secret names and encrypted access to the network, and the payment was made through cryptocurrencies.
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