64793525 Phone hackers suspected of defrauding 50 000 subscribers
Management "to " the Interior Ministry suspended the activity of the gang that is suspected of illegal access to telephone management of approximately 50 thousand inhabitants of Moscow, Moscow, Orel, Bryansk and Smolensk. On September 26 it reported at the Interior Ministry. According to investigators, the gang has created a 31-year-old man. In the past, he was tried for fraud after his release went to the former Soviet republics, and then returned with a special equipment which is imported into RF smuggling. The man offered his former classmates seven to enter the group. Criminals set up equipment in the car and started to ride it for the cities, when parking in crowded places. Then they were given access to phones of passers-by and call or send SMS to implement the debit. The cost of calls or messages is 28-80 rubles. Most of the victims did not notice the loss. Banda has acted during the year. Sometimes fraudulent activity was interrupted, with the help of programmers freelance improve the technology. Seven ordinary members of the group depending on their role received from 30 to 50 thousand rubles per month. What was the revenue leader, not yet reported. Investigators believe that a year from the actions of criminals hit 50,000 subscribers. The amount of total damage has not been determined. The amount of damage caused by the operators was estimated at 3 million rubles. According to the publication Life News, the company 'Megaphone "already has returned illegal write-offs. The company 'Beeline "and promised to return customers money. Criminal case under article 272-d of the Criminal Code ( "Illegal access to computer information "). One suspect arrested, six are placed on parole. The leader of the gang fled and the international wanted list.
