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Police arrest 4 for theft, unauthorised computer access

The state body said it had established the offenders had accessed bank accounts of citizens without permission, using mobile phones of their victims, before transferring over ₾100,000 (about $35,944) to own bank accounts. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 28 Oct 2022 - 14:15, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgian police officers have arrested four individuals for hacking into a computer system for financial gain and theft, the Georgian interior ministry said on Friday.

The crimes are punishable up to 10 years in prison.

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