Genoa, young forger earns more than 20 thousand euros with fake Green Passes: reported by a model

Genoa, the desire to keep fit and a certain aversion to the vaccine had pushed her to search online for a shortcut to go to the gym: a fake Green Pass. Thus, a Genoese model, after sending her documents and 150 Euros, had waited in vain for her precious certificate.

After a while, in fact, having protested for the failure to receive what was requested, she realized that she had ended up in prison a stranger's trap who, threatening to report her, had started to blackmail her, demanding more money.

Despite the embarrassment, the woman, afraid of the intimidation, decided to report everything to the "Liguria" Postal and Communications Police Department in Genoa.

The trail followed by the investigators of the Financial Cybercrime section of the Postal Police, thanks to a complex IT investigation, led to the identification of a house in Lazio.

Before the eyes of the police, however, instead of an experienced criminal, a student appeared who, thanks to his resourcefulness and uncommon IT skills, had become the Italian representative of a group of dangerous Russian hackers specialized in the creation of fake green passes .

During the IT verification it emerged that the young man, who directly managed the Telegram channels on which the counterfeit certificates were offered for sale, after receiving the user's request, communicated the data to the Russian hacker and the latter provided information on how to proceed with payment.

In order to create a credible certificate, the criminal group required sending a copy of the identity documents which were then used to open online accounts, credit cards or accounts on the main e-commerce platforms or to commit other crimes.

The young man, taking advantage of the numerous Green Pass requests, had managed to accumulate, in a few months, over twenty thousand euros which he had invested in cryptocurrencies or, to make his business even more substantial, he purchased so-called BOT applications capable of multiplying the members of Telegram with Fake users.

Furthermore, he used the money to purchase latest generation electronic goods as well as expensive beauty products and luxury designer clothing, all material seized during the search.

The boy's parents, who were uninvolved in the facts, were shocked by the discovery of their son's illegal activities, whose entrepreneurial initiative they had appreciated, in the belief that the money he earned was the proceeds from the sale of upgrades for online games.

The investigation, directed by the Deputy Public Prosecutor at the Court of Genoa, Federico Panichi, and coordinated by the Postal and Communications Police Service of Rome is the subject of in-depth analysis for any transnational developments.