Venice: In Marghera, the State Police arrests a presumed credit card fraudster

La State Police, as part of a judicial police operation coordinated by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Venice, he identified 2 subjects, residents in the province of Naples, involved in afraudulent activity linked toillicit use of credit cards, who had created their own “base of operation” inside a campsite located in Marghera (VE).

The house search, carried out on the 2 individuals, allowed thearrest in flagrante delicto of one of the two as found in possession of an unlawfully held credit cardas well as one significant sum of money and devices Cell still packaged.

The investigation was born following a complaint presented at the Venice Cyber ​​Security Operations Center, from a lady who had received a message on her mobile phone SMS apparently coming from one's own Credit institution and with which she was invited to contact a telephone number dedicated to customers.

The victim was subsequently contacted by telephone by a self-styled consultant of his own bank who, after having communicated to the lady the fact that it had happened cloning of your credit cards, had convinced her to leave them in a sealed envelope outside your home for collection by a bank representative.

The final stage of the deception it happened with thelast phone call received from the victim, through which the scammers managed to extort the credit card security codes then used illegally at ATMs and commercial establishments in Venice and Padua, for cash withdrawals and purchases of IT equipment, in particular smartphones of significant commercial value.

Investigations are continuing to identify any accomplices and further involvement in the fraudulent operation which, to date, involves a large number of victims for a total amount subtracted equal to approximately 70.000 €.

Il Arrested subject He was immediately taken to the local prison where he was placed at the disposal of theJudicial authority, while the second individual was reported on the loose.

La State Police remember that Law enforcement agencies, banks and Poste Italiane will never ask you to communicate – by phone or email – card numbers, personal codes or temporary passwords and invites citizens to pay attention and to promptly report any suspicious behavior regarding the use of credit cards or other financial instruments.

For information and reports it is always possible to contact the State Police also through the official website of the Postal Police https://www.commissariatodips.it/.