Police detain 3 for stealing $73,000 from Georgian TBC, Bank of Georgia accounts
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia held a special briefing earlier today to report the detention of three individuals for cybercrime.
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Georgian law enforcers have detained one Georgian and two Turkish citizens for the illegal use of computer data and stealing $73,000 from the accounts of two key banks in Georgia - TBC and Bank of Georgia.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs says that the individuals created fake TBC and Bank of Georgia Facebook pages through which they offered different products to Facebook users with the name of the banks and made them share their bank accounts to steal money.
The video has been released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
The ministry says that the detainees transferred the stolen money to earlier created bank accounts in other banks or online gambling accounts.
The detainees face two to 10 years in prison,” the ministry stated.
The Interior Ministry said that the case was solved with the close cooperation with banks.
Georgia has been ranked ninth in Europe in the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2018, which is a composite index produced, analysed and published by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to measure the commitment of its 194 member states to cybersecurity in order to raise cybersecurity awareness.
A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Operative-Technical Agency and the National University of Ireland concerning cooperation in cybercrime investigation and digital forensics, including trainings, exchange visits, study programmes, the exchange of scientific research and consultation services.
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Police have detained an individual in Georgia’s Black seaside region of Adjara for stealing money through Internet fraud that affected dozens of people. The Georgian Interior Ministry reported today that an individual identified as G.I. received 8,000 GEL [Up to $2,919/€2,588] through fraud since December 2018.
Law enforcers have detained a chief accountant of one of the companies in Georgia, who, with the use of his post, stole $814,326, the Georgian Ministry of Finance says.
Georgian police officers have detained one person today for taking a hostage while holding up an Apple product retail store, iPlus, in Tbilisi. Police say that the 33-year-old detainee, identified as N.R., rushed into the shop located on Pekini Avenue and threatened one of the employees with a knife.
3,000 IT specialists will be retrained as a part of a programme supported by the World Bank. The programme’s budget is 7 million lari ($2,495,543/ €2,212,898). The tender to retrain the specialists was announced earlier today at the Courtyard Marriott. The free course will be launched in autumn 2019.
Three individuals have been sentenced for stealing 139,000 GEL ($48,331/€43,589) from consumers of Bank of Georgia and TBC Bank via a fishing scheme, announced the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia.