Dozens detained for online shopping fraud in Georgia
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A group of Georgians who used deceit to fraudulently shop online have been brought to justice under the country’s cybercrime laws.
This week Georgian police detained 43 people for unauthorised alteration of computer data and swindling almost 100,000 GEL.
The country’s cybercrime investigators discovered the offenders had deceitfully purchased various services and products through an online shopping website. The goods were worth about $95,000 GEL but the offenders paid less than a fraction of this cost.
Information released today by the Ministry of Internal Affairs stated the offenders illegally appropriated services and products of the website by artificially altering the price in the electronic payment orders and indicated 0.01 GEL instead of the actual price of the goods.
As a result, the online company suffered from 95,047 GEL in losses.
All 43 accused pled guilty in court, the Ministry added.
Georgian police have detained two local men for online fraud. One man was accused of illegally accessing other users’ Facebook profiles and adding them to closed groups, while the other was accused of changing users’ passwords and posting advertisements on their personal profile pages.
The Georgian State Security Service has detained four individuals for fraud, who promised the head of a company to help him have sanctions against his enterprise removed and to win state tenders.
Georgian law enforcers have detained one individual in Tbilisi for dismantling rented cars and selling them, reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs.