Naples – A widespread criminal network, dozens of roles, hundreds of victims, and a haul of over a million euros. This is the outcome of the investigation that has led the Naples Prosecutor's Office to request the indictment of 84 people, almost all residents of Campania, accused of being part of a network dedicated to computer fraud and money laundering.
The investigation, coordinated by Neapolitan magistrates but initiated by the Carabinieri Investigative Unit of Verbania, stems from a complaint filed in 2020 by a citizen of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, whose bank account had been stolen from €45.
From that single episode emerged a massive and well-organized fraud scheme, reconstructed in a report lasting over a thousand pages.
According to investigators, the network operated with strictly divided tasks.
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Thousands of text messages were sent to potential victims with links to web pages similar to those of banks.
The techniques employed were the well-known ones of the Phishing and spoofing: thousands of text messages were sent to potential victims with links to web pages that looked identical to those of banks. Once they entered their credentials, the unsuspecting account holders effectively handed over access to their accounts to the scammers, who immediately arranged instant transfers to prepaid cards controlled by the network.
In a few minutes, they explain the police From Verbania, the money was transferred to foreign accounts and shell companies, thus hindering any attempt at tracing it. In total, between 2019 and 2021, the gang managed to steal over one million euros, approximately 650 of which has already been laundered.
The confirmed victims number 319, spread across various regions of Italy. The suspects are charged, to varying degrees, with computer fraud, unauthorized access to a computer system, money laundering, and impersonation.
With the conclusion of the preliminary investigation and the request for indictment, the Naples Prosecutor's Office has concluded an investigation that captures the evolution of cybercrime, increasingly capable of combining technological expertise and local networks of complicity.
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