BANKRUPT BANKER
E-crime police arrest gang behind UK online bank fraud, international plotters used malicious code to capture bank log-in details that were held on personal computers.
Wednesday 29 September 2010
BBC News - E-crime police arrest gang behind UK online bank fraud: "Nineteen people suspected of stealing millions from online bank accounts have been arrested by police.
Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit raided a string of addresses across London on Monday.
The suspects are alleged to be part of a gang that has stolen at least £6m in the past three months.
Police say that the international plotters used malicious code to capture bank log-in details that were held on personal computers.
The 15 men and four women arrested in Monday's dawn operation are aged between 23 and 47 and are being held at various police stations in London.
Detectives are questioning them on suspicion of fraud, money laundering and offences under the Computer Misuse Act. Two of those held were also arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm."
