Prosecutors from the Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) made searches on Tuesday morning, in Iasi and Valcea, to investigate a case of fraud of 500 accounts in Italy, with a damage of $ 500,000.

DIICOT Prosecutors raided 20 locations, targeting 19 people from an organized criminal group specialized in computer fraud.
In this case, prosecutors DIICOT from Iasi Territorial Service are developing an inquiry action on the matter of fraud of 500 credit card accounts of Italians, with total loss of $ 500,000.

"The members of criminal groups have caused a damage of approximately $ 500,000 (over 380,000 euros) by computer crime. About 500 persons suffered losses, most of them from Italy” said Nadia Spinu, spokesman of DIICOT. Suspects have emptied as well the accounts of people from other countries such as Germany UK.

The police say criminals stole money from the accounts of foreigners by using methods like "skimming" or "phishing".

Nine persons from the criminal group were taken to court on Wednesday with a proposal for preventive arrest for 29 days. Among those accused are Paiu Bogdan (36 years) and Filip Iulian (30 years), considered to be the leaders of the two criminal groups specialized in banking frauds developed in Pascani.