Police have detained four persons for cyber crime in Tbilisi and Batumi, says the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Detainees illegally used personal information of 13 people to illegally access their internet bank and online gambling accounts and stole 42,000 GEL ($14,756/€13,014) in total.
The police have detained E.V. and D.Tch. born in 1989. The investigation discovered that they have deceptively gained personal information and the numbers of bank cards from two citizens; then using their names they took loans from one of the commercial banks. After that, they have sent sums to other bank accounts. The total amount of money they gained by the scheme is 20,000 GEL ($7,027/€6,197).
Two persons, G.B. born in 1999 and R.K. born in 1996 are also detained for unauthorized access to a computer system and the stealing of money.
The investigation discovered that R.K. have been using computer systems in one of the internet cafes in Batumi from December 4 to January 21 and illegally gained personal information of 11 citizens. Particularly the detainee illegally gained usernames and passwords of their online gambling accounts. R.K. have illegally gained money from these persons’ bank accounts and sent to the bank account of G.B. Both detainees have gained 22,000 GEL ($7,729/€6,817) in total.
The police have seized about 1,000 citizens' usernames, passwords and other kind of personal information while checking the house of R.K.
The investigation continues to discover other people which may be also victims of the cyber crimes of these detainees.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs says that the institution will continue to fight against cyber crime in order to ensure security of the personal information.