Swiss charge 3 suspects arrested in Thailand for global phishing case

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Swiss charge 3 suspects in global phishing case 

 

GENEVA (AP) — Swiss prosecutors say they've charged three people accused of illegally obtaining data on at least 133,600 credit cards with computer fraud following their extradition from Thailand.

 

The Swiss attorney general's office said Tuesday that the group for years earned a living from the unlawful procurement and fraudulent online use of credit card data. It said that "credit card holders around the world and Swiss financial institutions" were affected.

 

The three allegedly obtained the data through so-called phishing attacks, using emails, websites and text messages.

 

Prosecutors say they operated from October 2009 until they were arrested in 2014 and 2015 in Bangkok. They were then extradited to Switzerland, where they are currently in pretrial custody.

 

The Swiss say it's the first indictment in the country in a global phishing case.

 

-- © Associated Press 2016-08-24

[ezzra]

I wonder why these guys were extradited with no problems and not

the bank robber to Singapore.......

[Tatsujin]

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

I wonder why these guys were extradited with no problems and not

the bank robber to Singapore.......

 

Payments weren't received in a timely manner.

[thaihome]

5 hours ago, ezzra said:

I wonder why these guys were extradited with no problems and not

the bank robber to Singapore.......

 

As the Swiss authorities are just now charging the 3 people who were arrested in Thailand and year or 2 ago it would seem the extradition took some time.

 

Your bank robbery was arrested a month ago. So a little early to be making a judgement on how long it takes to send him back to Singapore to face charges.

 

TH 

[SOTIRIOS]

... is there no mention of their nationalities....???

[swanny321]

 

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