The scheme consisted of buying illegal internet databases with information from Vodafone and MEO customer. The criminals then asked for duplicate cards they used to access the victims’ bank data.
A 43 -year -old woman resident in Gaia is at the center of a four -year -old computing complex complex and yielded about 188,000 euros. Alexandra B., as was identified by the Public Prosecution Service, illegally acquired databases with Vodafone and MEO customer informationwhich used to access the bank accounts of dozens of victims and empty them.
Between 2019 and 2023, with the help of family members and two ex-boyfriends, the main defendant Funned the telephone operators and requested Mondays of SIM cards on behalf of third parties, presenting with counterfeit documents or false attorney. With the new cards, “cloned” the victims’ numbers and gained access to communications, thus being able to obtain the security codes and bank credentials sent via SMS, describes the.
The scheme was directed to customers of the Wizink, Universe and Unibanco financial institutions. After identifying the targets through their NIFs, Alexandra ACCEPTED TO HOMEBANKING ACCOUNTSmade purchases, transfers and payments online for accounts controlled by you or by accomplices.
Over time, the criminal criminal evolved in his techniques. Also went to call directly to victimspassing by banks employee, and persuading them to provide sensitive data, such as access codes, which he used to finish the slips.
The Porto Judicial Police began investigating the case in 2021 after the first complaints. Alexandra B. was arrested this year, but released under coercion measures: security, prohibition of contact with accomplices and absent from Porto. Even so, continued with the crimeswhich led to the new detention in December 2023. After breach of house arrest with electronic bracelet, it was placed in pre -trial detention, where it has been since April 2024.
In addition to Alexandra, eight other people-including family members and the two ex-boyfriends-are accused of hundreds of crimesincluding qualified burla, computing falsehood, illegitimate access, theft, correspondence violation and laundering of capital. The group trial is expected to start in the coming months.
