Genoa, computer fraud and money laundering: the two accomplices of the Russian hacker arrested in 2023 have been found

State Police investigators in service at the Cyber ​​Security Operations Center of Liguria Postal Police, coordinated by the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court of Genoa, following an investigative activity on a criminal group dedicated to carrying out computer crimes and laundering sums unduly obtained, ha identified two accomplices (one of which was searched) of the Russian hacker arrested in November 2023, in Genoa, in execution of a precautionary measure in prison.

The woman was detained the Italian terminal of a complex organization dedicated to computer fraud and money laundering.

The woman had already been arrested in Genoa by the Postal Police in October 2021 but nevertheless he had continued to commit crimes, also from house arrest, and for for these reasons she was taken to prison again in June 2022.

After the second imprisonment, she had once again been placed under house arrest at a voluntary association in the Genoa center involved in the recovery of prisoners, but he had resumed contact with his accomplices and resumed illegal activities.

The long forensic analysis of the seized computer devices on the occasion of the arrest carried out by the Postal Police experts it allowed the Russian hacker to unlock the numerous phones and devices in use – who has always refused to provide access passwords – thus allowing us to acquire investigative elements against a twenty-three-year-old Cuban and a thirty-one-year-old Ivorian which helped the Russian hacker to fraudulently open bank accounts and credit cards both in Italy and in various European states besides facilitate the activation of those found on the darkweb and manage payment POS registered to a company active in the mobile phone sales and repair sector with headquarters in the historic center of Genoa which was subsequently closed.

The two accomplices also monetized the illicit proceeds on several occasions.

The proceeds of criminal activities, estimated at several million euros, it was in part invested in cryptocurrencies and they are underway insights from the experts of the Financial Cybercrime section of the Postal Police aimed at identifying possible cash out points.