PRESS RELEASE – Fraud investigation by the Electronic Crimes Enforcement Directorate (ECED), which concerned the installation of fraudulent software on terminals of an electronic transactions company
The terminals were operating at a car rental company store and resulted in fraudulent charging of customers' credit cards
The Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate (DIE) immediately took all necessary actions to collect the pre-investigation material and inform the Prosecution Authorities
The electronic transactions company committed to financially rehabilitating (186) affected customers whose credit cards were fraudulently used
The Hellenic Police's Cybercrime Division (DIE) opened a regular procedure case, concerning the installation of special software on credit card terminals operating at a car rental company store. The result was the fraudulent charging of the company's customers' bank cards.
In particular, as it emerged, in June 2015, an electronic transactions company installed special software on a pilot basis on four credit card charging terminals of the car rental company, which allowed the parallel connection of the terminals with the company's computer.
During the digital investigation, it was found that the special software in question was charging a different cardholder than the one who should have been charged, despite the fact that the debtor's credit card had been placed on the charging terminal.
The fraudulent charges were discovered by customers of the car rental company. Furthermore, an investigation into all transactions carried out revealed that a total of 186 fraudulent transactions had been made to customers of the car rental company, the value of which amounted to hundreds of thousands of euros.
The specific electronic and network movement of digital data is under investigation by specialized Officers of the Electronic Crime Prosecution (ECP) and the Forensic Laboratories in order to identify any persons involved in the said network application and to ascertain any criminal responsibilities in this fraud.
The financial loss of the aforementioned customers will be repaid in accordance with a commitment by the electronic transactions company after its final identification.
The pre-investigation material that was collected was submitted to the Athens First Instance Prosecutor's Office.
