In St. Petersburg malware helped to steal 450 million rubles from the Bank

Krasnoselsky district court of St. Petersburg gave 4 years of probation to a member of a group that stole more than 450 million rubles from the bank. This is reported by the joint press service of the courts.

According to the investigation, in 2020, unidentified persons created an organized group to embezzle funds from Avtotorgbank. Using malware, they entered false information into an automated payment system and created fictitious electronic payment orders on behalf of bank customers.

In 2021, the accused joined a criminal group. His role was to find fakes to obtain debit cards. He collected data on cards and their limits, stored this information and withdrew stolen money through ATMs in different cities, passing them to the organizers.

In January 2021, 521.3 million rubles were written off from the correspondent account of the bank. The Central Bank blocked part of operations in the amount of 70.5 million rubles. From February 19 to March 24 of the same year, the difference between written-off and returned funds amounted to 450.8 million rubles.

At the trial, the man was found guilty under article “fraud in the field of computer information”. The convict was sentenced to 4 years of suspended imprisonment with a probation period of 4 years.

The court also granted a civil claim in the amount of 450.8 million rubles.