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Προσθήκη του ot.gr στην GoogleMore than 150,000 euros were stolen from bank accounts belonging to a service of the Region of Crete after employees entered their login credentials on a fraudulent website designed to resemble the financial institution they used, according to Greek Police’s financial and economic crime unit.
The case is being investigated by the national Anti-Money Laundering Authority, headed by former top Supreme Court prosecutor Charalambos Vourliotis, after the perpetrators transferred about 152,000 euros through 55 consecutive transactions carried out within a few early morning hours.
The transactions involved relatively small amounts each, a technique known as fragmentation or “smurfing,” and the money was initially transferred to accounts held by unknown individuals at a Greece-based bank.
The perpetrators then rapidly moved the funds from those accounts to other accounts held by unknown beneficiaries at financial institutions in several countries abroad, according to the authority.
An immediate investigation enabled the authority, working with foreign counterpart agencies, to trace and secure more than half of the stolen funds so far. The investigation is continuing in an effort to
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