The judicial police in the city of Nador managed, on Thursday, June 25, to arrest three individuals, including two brothers, on suspicion of involvement in fraud and impersonating banking officials.
The suspects had contacted a group of victims by phone, impersonating employees of banking institutions, to obtain their banking card information under the pretext that it was facing technical issues. They then proceeded to use this data fraudulently and steal amounts from their bank accounts.
The investigations and inquiries carried out led to the arrest of the three suspects, while the search and seizure operation resulted in the discovery of eight mobile phones suspected of containing digital traces of this criminal activity, in addition to receipts for money transfers from the proceeds of this criminal activity.
The suspects were kept under custody, pending the judicial investigation overseen by the competent public prosecution, in order to determine the further possible extensions of this criminal activity and to uncover all criminal acts attributed to the individuals involved.
