The investigators of the State Police on duty at the Operational Center for Cyber Security of the Postal Police of Liguria, coordinated by the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court of Genoa, carried out the precautionary measure of custody in prison against a 42-year-old foreign woman believed to be the Italian terminal of a complex organization dedicated to computer fraud, receiving stolen goods and money laundering, and the referral to the Judicial Authority of other subjects, believed to be his accomplices, for all without prejudice to the presumption of innocence.
The woman had already been arrested in Genoa by the Postal Police in October 2021 but despite this she continued to commit crimes, even under house arrest, and for these reasons she was taken to prison again in June 2022.
After the second prison term, she was once again placed under house arrest at a voluntary association in the Genoa center involved in the rehabilitation of prisoners, but she resumed contact with her accomplices and began to commit crimes again.
The long forensic analysis of the IT devices seized during the second search carried out by the Postal Police experts made it possible to unlock the numerous telephones and devices in use by the 42-year-old, who had always refused to provide the access passwords, thus allowing her to have an even broader picture of the extent of his illicit conduct.
In particular, despite the determination to evade investigations and erase the evidence against him, numerous evidence of fraudulently opened accounts and credit cards issued not only in Italy but also in various European states and in the USA were found in addition to those found on the darkweb .
The woman, in addition to having demonstrated very high IT skills, demonstrated particular familiarity with the economic and financial products of numerous countries and exploited their various legislations to circumvent European anti-fraud controls.
The proceeds from criminal activities, estimated at several million euros, were partly invested in cryptocurrencies.
During the house search, experts from the Financial Cybercrime section of the Postal Police seized numerous materials, among other things found during house detention, which is still being examined for further investigative implications.
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