Requesting a payroll advance from the company where you are working can be relatively normal when you are in a difficult time. But the problem comes when It is another person who is requesting that advance for you and on top of that not so that it can be deposited into your account… but in yours. This story is not an invention, but has happened in Spain. Specifically in Caldas de Reis.
The Civil Guard has thus concluded a technological investigation with the arrest of a 49-year-old man who is accused of different crimes of fraud and identity theft. And thanks to all this he managed to reap a total of 1,400 euros that corresponded to the company.
He stole 1,400 euros from his co-worker as a payroll advance
Specifically, the detainee accessed his company’s database with the aim of impersonating one of his office colleagues. Through his credentials I requested an advance on the payroll, but modifying the deposit bank account. Instead of his partner’s name appearing, he specified his personal one. In this way, this advance, despite counting on his partner’s file, was paid to him.
But his plan began to collapse when the affected colleague filed a complaint in September following a call from the company where he worked. In this They informed him that he had requested the payroll advance, but the company department had found it strange that the income bank account was modified.
Upon verifying the request that had been made, the victim stated that I didn’t recognize either the signature or the bank account where the entry had been ordered. Thus beginning operation ‘Insecure’. From that moment on, the Civil Guard investigated access to the company’s worker portal and the lines linked to the registered account.
And obviously, the scammer didn’t seem to remember that the bank account was in his name and that It wasn’t very difficult to track. So finally, after investigations, his whereabouts were found and also that of the 1,400 euros that belonged to the victim. A plan that has undoubtedly not gone well at all.
Via | Chain Being
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