An additional income of up to 1.500 extra euros attracts many low-income employees. In return they receive packages of electronic products that have been purchased with stolen credit cards, then they forward them. These individuals are known as 'mules'.
Actionday Atlantis has recorded 31 homes and commercial premises in Germany, Lithuania, Estonia, Switzerland, Cyprus, the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, Ukraine, Finland and Latvia to stop online scammers. This was announced by the Dresden Public Prosecutor's Office and the State Criminal Police Office (LKA) of Saxony on 20 of July of 2018. The 15 suspects are accused of having purchased online products worth more than 18 millones de euros a través de datos de tarjetas de crédito robadas.
Tras seis años de preparación y coordinación, finalmente la Operación Warenagent ha terminado con una amplia red de estafadores online que habrían cometido más de 35.000 fraudes por valor de 18 millones de euros en el territorio europeo.
La redada, liderada por la Europol junto a las policías alemana y lituana, se ha saldado con 15 detenidos y 31 registros domiciliarios en nueve países del Viejo Continente. Entre los detenidos estaría el cerebro de toda la operación, residente en Chipre y está previsto que sea extraditado, así como otros miembros de la red que vivían en Letonia, Finland, United Kingdom, Estonia, Lithuania, Switzerland, Ucrania o Alemania.
Esta organización criminal operaba desde 2012, more than 15 Cybercriminals bought high-value products from various mail-order companies using credit card data obtained fraudulently through an illegal network, which were then sold in Eastern European countries.
It should be noted that all the criminals used coded names and encrypted Internet access, as well as the settlement of payments was carried out with the help of cryptocurrencies.