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Employees of mobile operators arrested for cybertheft in Maputo and Gaza
1:39 CAT | 18 Jul 2018
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Mozambican police have detained six individuals, one is a Nigerian national and the other five are Mozambican and work for the three mobile phone companies operating in Mozambique. They are accused of fraudulently obtaining 58,100 meticais and an unspecified amount of money in US dollars.
The money was reportedly stolen by using computer technology but also privileged access to information on their customers’ accounts.
The thefts were made from accounts in three commercial banks. The money belonged to an unspecified number of customers of the mobile phone operator companies where the detainees worked.
They were arrested last week, in the city of Maputo and in Gaza province.
Police did not reveal how the detained individuals used computer technology to steal the money, but said that the amount stolen in foreign currency is equivalent to US$300.
The first group of three, identified as I. Manusse, C. Rungo and A. Mula, all 48 years of age and employees of “mCel”, were arrested in Maputo and Gaza on Tuesday, July 10.
On Friday of the same week, police arrested Mozambicans S. Kwachiwa and S. Senga, aged 37 and 54 respectively, and one Nigerian named F. Okunade.
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On the same day, two other citizens assigned to a fuel pump in Maputo were arrested on suspicion of stealing 301,000 meticais from their employer.
Also in Maputo, police in Maputo on Monday July 16 presented two individuals, one a woman, accused of swindling more than two million meticais in connection with a prisoner in the capital’s maximum security prison.
In 2016, parliament passed the Electronic Transactions Bill, which provides for punishing cyber infractions.
Source: O País / A Verdade
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