Monday, 24 August 2015
Police bust wig-wearing counterfeit ATM card scammers, bank hackers still out there
If you have a BCA, HSBC, Bank Danamon, Citibank, OCBC NISP, Panin, BII, Bank Standard Chartered or CIMB Niaga bank account, you’d best check your account activity for anything unusual.
The Jakarta Police recently announced they had busted a criminal enterprise in which scammers bought data from a hacker who had acquired ATM card information and PIN numbers for customers of the nine above banks. The scammers then used that data to create fake but usable ATM cards.
The police are still looking for the hacker or hackers that got the data, although authorities suspect the computer criminals were operating outside of Indonesia. The customer data was sold through several shady websites including www.kanxxxx.com, www.valxxxxxx.sul and www.tonyxxxxxxx.cc.
However police were able to arrest some of the scammers using the stolen data in Jakarta. Authorities said one of the suspects arrested in the case, a 32-year-old identified as W, was caught despite the precautions he took while using the fake ATM cards.
“W withdrew money from several ATMS while using a wig and false mustache to obscure his identity,” said Police Assistant Commissioner Didik Sugiarto on Sunday, as quoted by Tempo.
In addition to the disguise, W also used forged documents to exchange his stolen funds for foreign currencies (which we have to admit is pretty smart given what’s going on with the rupiah right now)
According to Didik, W was not the brains behind the bank account burglaries. Police say that was in fact a 41-year-old man named E who managed to mastermind the scheme from his cell inside Cipinang Penitentiary.
Didik said E purchased the ATM card info and PIN numbers from the three websites. “He bought them using bitcoins, priced at around US $ 300 to US $ 700,” Didik said, adding that E was able to orchestrate the purchases from prison through his mobile phone.
With W’s help, E was able to steal 100 of millions of rupiah from various bank accounts. Police said the largest withdrawal was one for Rp 306 million.
Police are currently continuing their investigation to find all of E’s accomplices as well as the hackers who sold them the data.
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Sweden drops two sexual assault cases against WikiLeaks’ Assange
Mr Assange has criticised prosecutors for not trying to question him earlier at the Ecuadorian embassy, Mr Olsson said, adding: “The investigation should have been concluded a lot sooner given the circumstances of the case”.
Mr Assange denies all the charges and has remained inside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London since June 2012.
It has raised questions over whether Assange might walk free but the prospect is unlikely as he still faces a potential charge of rape, the limitation on which does not run out until 2020.
According to Swedish authorities, three of the four charges against him will reach their five-year expiry date under Sweden’s statute of limitations and Assange will be automatically cleared.
The Swedish statement said an incident of suspected rape will be “time barred” on 17 August 2020 and the investigation would continue.
Swedish law states no charges can be brought without interviewing the accused first.
Julian Assange in Stockholm in August 2010.
Ecuador’s government “deplores the continued inaction of British and Swedish authorities over nearly 1,000 days”, read the statement.
Mr Assange previously said he agreed to be interviewed by Swedish authorities inside the embassy but he claimed in June the country’s chief prosecutor cancelled an interview appointment. MacFadyen said neither Assange nor Ecuador in any way obstructed the progression of the Swedish investigation.
He said: “There was no need for any of this”.
Attorneys for Assange however say suspicions Ecuador is using delaying tactics are unfounded. Assange sought asylum from Ecuador to avoid extradition to Sweden, fearing he would then be sent to the United States and put on trial for releasing secret American documents.
“From the beginning I offered simple solutions”.
Wikileaks fugitive Julian Assange has avoided prosecution for most of the sex assault claims against him because he’s been holed up in an embassy for so long.
Julian Assange, who turned 44 last month, strongly denies the accusations made by two women he met in Sweden five years ago.
“I am an innocent man”, he said.
Swire’s statement also referred to the estimated 10 million pounds (14 million euros, $15.6 million) that it has cost Britain to maintain a 24-hour police guard around the embassy for more than three years.
She reportedly said she hoped to arrange an interview as there were “ongoing negotiations” between Sweden and Ecuador.
However prosecutors failed to quiz the WikiLeaks frontman, with both Ecuadorian and Swedish officials blaming one another for the delay.
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