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They created fake accounting websites to steal money.
Kovrov City Court sentenced two men from Moscow and Novosibirsk, who were members of an organized criminal group engaged in the creation and distribution of malicious computer programs. With their help, they stole over 16 million rubles from bank accounts of various organizations. This is reported by the Prosecutor's Office of the Vladimir region.
According to the investigation, since March 2018, criminals have been infecting users computers through fake accounting sites, where they placed files disguised as official documents, but in reality containing malware. Thus, the attackers obtained remote access to data on the victims ' computers and stole money remotely.
In total, they stole more than 16 million rubles from the current accounts of organizations from the Rostov, Sverdlovsk, Vologda and Vladimir regions.
The court found them guilty of four crimes under Part 2 of Article 273 of the Criminal Code (creation, distribution and use of malicious computer programs committed by an organized group), six crimes under Part 3 of Article 272 of the Criminal Code (unauthorized access to legally protected computer information) and six crimes under Part 4 of Article 159.6 of the Criminal Code (fraud in in the sphere of computer information, committed by an organized group on a large and especially large scale).
The court sentenced them to imprisonment for a term of 6 years and 6 years and 6 months, respectively, with serving in a general regime colony.
The verdict has not entered into legal force.
Kovrov City Court sentenced two men from Moscow and Novosibirsk, who were members of an organized criminal group engaged in the creation and distribution of malicious computer programs. With their help, they stole over 16 million rubles from bank accounts of various organizations. This is reported by the Prosecutor's Office of the Vladimir region.
According to the investigation, since March 2018, criminals have been infecting users computers through fake accounting sites, where they placed files disguised as official documents, but in reality containing malware. Thus, the attackers obtained remote access to data on the victims ' computers and stole money remotely.
In total, they stole more than 16 million rubles from the current accounts of organizations from the Rostov, Sverdlovsk, Vologda and Vladimir regions.
The court found them guilty of four crimes under Part 2 of Article 273 of the Criminal Code (creation, distribution and use of malicious computer programs committed by an organized group), six crimes under Part 3 of Article 272 of the Criminal Code (unauthorized access to legally protected computer information) and six crimes under Part 4 of Article 159.6 of the Criminal Code (fraud in in the sphere of computer information, committed by an organized group on a large and especially large scale).
The court sentenced them to imprisonment for a term of 6 years and 6 years and 6 months, respectively, with serving in a general regime colony.
The verdict has not entered into legal force.