On Friday, May 21, we learned from judicial sources that a man and a woman suspected of hacking into the bank account of a minister in the Congo-Brazzaville were specifically accused of “organized gang fraud and money laundering”, confirms information from the newspaper Parisian.

He was remanded in custody on May 12 on a charge sheet “Fake access to an automated data processing system, fraud by an organized group, money laundering”, Said a judicial source. The 41-year-old was arrested on May 10 at his home in Saint-Denis.

The 43-year-old woman is suspected to be his accomplice He was tried for the same offenses, Was arrested at the end of March and charged on March 31.

Loss of more than ,000 400,000

“Transfer between 60 and 75“,” Accounts in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Austria and France “, forged from the account of an official Congolese minister” More than 400,000 euros“, According to the source closest to the investigation.

Wife, Already know the facts ofFraud, Would have been the beneficiary of the illegal transfer to France, and would have withdrawn “ten thousand euros in cash”, Parisian.

Society General filed a complaint and launched an investigation into the Payment Fraud Brigade (BFMP). Man disputes facts, Accordingly Parisian This reveals that false identity papers and four cell phones were seized from his home.

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