Scammers using malwares to steal funds from international banks arrested in Morocco

The Moroccan security services has announced the dismantling of a criminal network that stole large amount of bucks from accounts in several international banks. The security forces have successfully accomplished the action in association with their Spanish security peers.

According to Morocco's Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), the equivalent of the FBI, the scammers used malwares to carry out their fraud with the connivance of some call centre employees who illegally provided the criminals with personal and banking data on some victims.

16 persons were nabbed in the cities of Marrakech, Meknes, Casablanca, Khenifra, Oujda and El Hajeb for their involvement in this fraud operation and their associates installed in Spain, said the Moroccan authorities. The police carried out the search operation in their homes resulting seizure of electronic equipment and large sums of money, as reported by The North Africa Post.

The dismantling of the network with international ramification shows Morocco's firm commitment to cooperate with its European partners in the fight against terrorism and transnational crimes.

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