In collaboration with Lisbon’s research and criminal action department, the PJ took place yesterday Police Operation “24 -year -old -of -the -day woman. Burla is called CEO fraud.
According to the statement sent to newsrooms, The National Unit launched an investigation in December 2024 to deal with the cybercrime and technical crimes of judicial policeAfter identifying a series of suspicious bank activities.
“In the investigation, after identifying the suspicious banking activities, starting mid -2024, The woman has finally been associated with receipt and dissipation actions of various funds, which is indicated, obtained in a fraudulent way“, Represents the same source.
The woman has now taken into custody He resorted to the Burla scheme called “CEO cheating” and “managed to move profits in accordance with wide ten thousand euros.”
CEO fraud campaigns stand to send emails or text messages even if SMS or other formatsBy a harmful agent that goes through the official institution of the company that wants to escape as the executive director or supplier. This makes the employees of the same organization’s requests of the economic nature, leading them to transfer the bank to the accounts associated with the crime.
Last year PJ did many activities to identify and stop the perimeter of this type of, An international group dedicated to these activities in November. In October, the group was taken into custody by five people aged 23 to 45 years.
Home searches were also developed in the range of operation, in which the PJ “related clear elements, which collected a different documentation and digital proof”.
The woman displays the first judicial inquiry for the app for compulsion actions that are considered adequate.
