On Tuesday in the north of the country, the Court arrested eight people suspected of belonging to a transnational criminal organization responsible for an as-yet unidentified number of computer frauds committed in various European countries.
According to PJ’s statement, this criminal organization is suspected of committing crimes such as skilled fraud, tax fraud, computer forgery, illegal access, and money laundering using the Business Email Compromise (BEC) method. The suspects are between 27 and 50 years old.
In Portugal, this organization has created a financial scheme “capable of operating with the subsequent integration into the real economy of the benefits of the mentioned crimes, attributing to it at present financial movements in excess of 10 million euros in the National Territory,” the report says.
Following the issuance of eight arrest warrants and thirty-four home and field searches, the agents seized various documentation of particular evidence value, computer equipment, bank cards and mobile automatic payment terminals (MPPs). About two million euros have already been seized during the same investigation.
Police actions took place in the municipalities of Porto, Ovar, Povoa do Varzim, Vila Nova de Famalicán, Braga, Vila Nova de Gaia, Maia, Paredes, Gondomar, Azeitan, Seixal, Viana do Castelo, in they were attended by about 76 inspectors of the judiciary. police, 10 scientific police specialists and 2 judicial police guards.
Eight people will be present at the Criminal Investigation Court of Porto this Wednesday for the first judicial questioning and enforcement as deemed appropriate.
Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
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