{"id":106548,"date":"2017-03-21T10:23:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T10:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/2017\/03\/21\/246094\/"},"modified":"2024-12-15T13:28:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T13:28:36","slug":"amd-85-million-stolen-by-armenian-russian-criminal-group-through-cash-register-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/2017\/03\/21\/106548\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD 85 million stolen by Armenian-Russian criminal group through cash register terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"

YEREVAN, March 21. \/ARKA\/.<\/strong> Armenia\u2019s National Security Service has tracked down a criminal group made up of Armenian and Russian citizens, which stole money through a cash register terminal with using computers, the press office of the service reported on Monday.<\/p>\n

The group registered three commercial companies in Armenia on a false pretext of doing hotel and restaurant businesses, then purchased equipment for cashless payments.<\/p>\n

According to the news release, a member of the criminal group in Russia was sending to his accomplices in Armenia the data of the banking cards issued for some residents of Australia, particularly 16-digit numbers, validity terms and passwords.<\/p>\n

Swindlers in Armenia placed a SIM card in the terminal connecting the devise to the network an d after that they used data of the received banking cards for transferring the money allegedly paid for hotel and restaurant services.<\/p>\n

The offenders transferred around AMD 85 million ($158,000) from accounts at Australian banks, of which they could withdrew only AMD 58 million ($120,000) before they were caught.<\/p>\n

In the course of the preliminary inquiry, five members of the group have been charged with gross theft with using computers. Three of them are in detention.<\/p>\n

The investigation is under way now and the Armenian national security agency, in cooperation with foreign agencies, is trying to track down other persons involved in the crime. –0—<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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