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Eleven people accused of participating in schemes for draining bank accounts

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The General Directorate Combating Organized Crime have neutralized a criminal group that drained bank accounts. As a result of the specialized police operation, the prosecutor's office charged 11 people and detained three of them for a period of 72 hours.

According to the initial data from the investigation, in the period April - August 2023, the accounts of 12 citizens and legal entities were accessed through electronic banking. After that transfers were ordered to other bank accounts or to accounts on platforms for buying and selling cryptocurrency. Some of the accounts belong to the detainees. The sum of nearly EUR 400,000 was used almost immediately.

Searches in 18 addresses and 6 cars were carried out, as well as witness interviews. Mobile phones, computers, flash drives and documents were seized.



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