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The Dubai Police have arrested a cyber crime gang who were able to transfer more than Dh7 million from exchange companies in Dubai, a senior official from Dubai Police said, according to GulfNews


After several days of investigation the Dubai smartly tracked the gang and arrested them. The step from Dubai police has been appreciated by the world of internet. Especially, at the time when cyber crime is at it�s boom. The news for the arrest was announced by commander in chief from the Dubai police (Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina), he also told about the gang�s belonging in these words:

�The personnel of the department had arrested a multi-national gang of Asians and Africans who allegedly recruit hackers to work for them against payment of cash,� 

According to the commander in chief, the recruited hackers were involved in hacking major company�s accounts and they transferred the money in them into their own accounts. Though, Dubai was successful in seizing all the money transferred illegally.

�The department had managed to seize cheques worth nearly Dh6 billion used to defraud others, and resulted in transferring of US$2 million to the bank account of a company that belong(ed) to the suspects,� Al Mazeina said.

The procedure for this fraudulent activity was in a way that at first the gang hacked the targeted company�s email address and through it change all the details for the transactions. The details were changed to the criminal own accounts.

There were four major suspects in case: S.K, K.S, D.S and G.D.

K.S was involved in receiving in all the money that was received through fraudulent activity. He received 7 seven percent of the total money gained by the gang. S.K share in the total money was 3 percent, his role in this activity was to provide the account details of the bank account in which all the stolen was needed to be transferred, both of these suspects were from Asian region.

Through S.K police came to know about the third suspect D.S who was from African region. D.S was a middle man who transferred the messages between the gang in Africa and second suspect. According to him, the gang was involved in fraudulent of activity of Dh 4.6 billion. Furthermore, through him police got hold off the last suspect i.e. G.D. But, we again laud the efforts of Dubai police who did a fantastic job by arresting the gang.

Spanish Police have arrested a gang of 11 cyber criminals as part of Operation Ransom who allegedly ran ransomware network to demand money from thousands of victims in 30 countries using malware known as Reveton.




It�s believed the cyber criminals have managed to invest tens of thousands of computers and make a profit of over 1 million EUR ($1.34 million) per year.

Eleven individuals have been arrested as part of Operation Ransom, one of them, a 27-year-old Russian national, being suspected of developing and distributing various versions of the malware. The Russian was arrested in the United Arab Emirates. He will be extradited to Spain in the upcoming period.

In addition to apprehending the mastermind of the operation, authorities have also dismantled the group�s largest financial cell, located in Costa del Sol, Spain. Six Russians, two Georgians and two Ukrainians have been arrested by Spanish police.

During the raids on six locations in the province of M�laga, investigators seized IT equipment, and credit cards that the crooks had used to cash out the money that their victims paid via MoneyPak, Ukash, and Paysafecard.

The financial cell was in charge of laundering the money they extorted from Internet users. Virtual coins, electronic payment gateways and even online gaming portals have been used by the crooks to launder the proceeds.

The suspects have also utilized hijacked credit cards to withdraw money from ATMs located in Spain.

Since May 2011, when the ransomware was first discovered, 1,200 cases have been reported in Spain alone. However, it�s worth noting that not all victims file complaints, so it�s likely that the number of affected users is much higher.

David Benjamin - a Dutch hacker who was arrested, sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for a computer hacking and credit card fraud scheme that left victims all over the world.

The scheme involved more than 100,000 stolen credit card numbers, which were put on the black market for stolen data, according to a press release issued by Durkan's office.

David Benjamin Schrooten, 22, also known in the hacking world as "Fortezza," pleaded guilty in November to Conspiracy to Commit Access Device Fraud and Bank Fraud, Access Device Fraud, Bank Fraud, Intentional Damage to a Protected Computer, and Aggravated Identity Theft, according to the press release.

At sentencing U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez asked him,

�I don�t think you would ever consider walking into someone�s home, pulling out a gun and robbing them� Did it ever occur to you that you were doing that to all your victims?� 

U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan said,

�By trafficking over 100,000 credit card numbers stolen by hackers, this defendant helped create the profitable black market for stolen data.�
�We will target every link of the cyber crook business model. The hacker who stole the numbers was sentenced to seven years in prison, the broker who sold them online was sentenced today to 12 years in prison, and next before the court will be the leader of a criminal gang that was using these credit card numbers for fraud.�

Federal investigators say that Schrooten worked with Christopher A. Schroebel, 21, of Keedysville, Maryland. Feds say Schroebel hacked into the point of sale computers in a restaurant in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle, and a restaurant supply store in Shoreline. Schroebel was sentenced to 84 months in prison in August.

According to investigators, Schroebel had possession of at least 86,400 stolen credit card numbers, including both card numbers that he himself stole, and card numbers stolen by others.

Federal investigators say that Schroebel worked with Schrooten to build �carding websites,� that made the stolen credit card numbers available to criminals for fraud. Investigators estimate that tens of thousands of people were victimized to the tune of more than $63 million.