Cyber Fraud Gang Dismantled

Members of a criminal gang specialised in cyber fraud using ‘phishing’ and ‘SIM swapping’, has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. It is believed that the scams netted more than 126,000 euros from the bank accounts of its victims, by claiming to represent a large Spanish bank. The arrests were made in Alicante and Murcia Provinces and one member used his job in a phone shop to duplicate SIM cards and access financial and personal information.