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Friday, 19.04.2024, 11:50
Police in Latvia, Germany and Great Britain raid homes and offices linked to a gang of suspected cyberthieves
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Prosecutors in Frankfurt say the raids in Germany, Latvia and Britain on Tuesday targeted 10 premises and 12 suspects.
In a statement Wednesday, prosecutors said the suspects used so-called phishing attacks to gain access to victims' passwords and then obtained duplicate SIM cards for their cellphones.
Using those SIM cards they were able to receive text messages from the victims' bank containing an authorization code needed for money transfers.
Prosecutors said the main suspect is a 34-year-old Belarusian citizen who was arrested in Frankfurt in February. A 27-year-old dual citizen of Kazakhstan and Germany was arrested Tuesday, as was a 47-year-old Moldovan citizen living in London.
State Police spokeswoman Ilze Jurevica confirmed to LETA that Latvia, in accordance with a legal assistance order from Germany, carried out searches at four addresses in Latvia together with German police.
Evidence was taken out from the addresses of the suspects in Latvia, however, nobody was detained during the operation in Latvia.
She said that this case was being investigated by the German police, and that Latvian authorities had been assisting the German side in the investigation for quite a while.
Jurevica did not give out any more specifics regarding the case.
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