The Attorney General's Office (FGR) ordered this morning the capture of seven individuals accused of stealing more than $11,000 from the bank accounts and credit cards of dozens of Salvadorans. In a joint operation with the National Police Civil (PNC), the Prosecutor's Office captured seven people who were engaged in violating accounts and taking money from them using technological tools. However, they all operated independently. The arrest records were made at different points in the municipalities of San Salvador, San Miguel, San Vicente and La Unión. The prosecutor in the case explained that with the commission of these crimes, the detainees are At dawn they have profited with an amount of $11,163. Likewise, the authorities have seized high-end laptops and cell phones, as well as a large amount of cash, which will be made available to the judges. For the moment, the captures of Pablo Antonio Juárez Martínez, Ever Alexander Vanegas Díaz, Francisco Javier Abrego López, Kevin Ariel Ardon Corrales and Josue Rodrigo Díaz Ventura.
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How did they operate?
The Prosecutor's Office revealed that the subjects, despite not being a criminal network, all used similar techniques to obtain sensitive information from users, using social engineering, phishing and others, during the months from August to October 2021. The crimes were committed as follows: the defendants obtained personal information from bank accounts, went to the banking systems as if they were the users of said accounts, and authorized all types of expenses and transactions for their personal accounts. Among the diversions of funds, the Prosecutor's Office was able to trace transfers to the defendants' savings accounts, payments using credit cards, purchases abroad, and even cash withdrawals using cashiers.Computer crimes on the rise
This week , the Prosecutor's Office has captured a total of 15 people for different computer crimes related to theft from bank accounts. However, this is a crime that has been on the rise since last year. Official data from the Public Ministry reveals that in 2021 more than 6,000 cases of fraud and theft by computer means were registered. Theft by computer means, punishable in the article 13 of the Computer Crime Law, went from registering just 43 complaints in 2020, to more than 3,181 in 2021. This represents an increase, according to official figures, of more than 7,297.7% in just one year. READ MORE: More than 6 thousand cybercrimes and scams: these are the most committed crimes in 2021