Operation: CRTL € – PJ Discontla Group Dedicated to Banking Card Cloning
CRTL € Police Operation Leaded to detain 10 people due to criminal crimes Includes the duplicate and use of cards or other capital payment and bleaching devices. These crimes lost more than 450 thousand euros. The Judicial Police Investigation began in February 2024 and expressed with the prosecutor, when Sibs detected poor behaviors on his ATM network.
The investigation and detention of the suspects covered the Greater Lisbon, Greater Porto, Minho and Algarway areas. The authorities have identified, Between December 2023 and January 2024, many bank cards issued by National Bank companies were compromised in automatic ATM automatic boxesLocated in different parts of the country.
In Lisbon, there are records of debit movements in bank accounts of fake (closed) cards, resulting in property losses. There is also an attempt to go about 900 thousand euros. The PJ said it was possible to identify, monitor and deal with people related to the facts in the investigation, which would be dedicated to duplication of bank cards and then to use them.
Oh The Criminal Group has dispersed these illegal funds through the international banking system, and inquiry into the bleaching situation made by computer sciences in international context is possible. The arrested accused are 21 to 54 years old, which will attend the first judicial inquiry at the Lisbon Central Criminal Instruction Court for compelling action.
PJ Schiming schemes and people also leave the warning to how to protect themselves. The Skimming is the equipment that can read the magnetic band of credit card or debit, when it is inserted into a compromised machine. These devices store data such as cardholders’ names, numbers and validity dates. The hacker is available on data devices until the same is collected. This stolen information from the cards can be used to create duplicate, to make fraudulent purchases or sell this data in the online block market.
