A man is Friday convicted to a three-year prison sentence, of which one was conditional, for defrauding ING and Rabobank customers. The person sent fake emails to targeted victims and eventually managed to log into their personal online banking environment multiple times. The law enforcement speaks of a “leading figure of a nationally operating phishing gang”.
Rabobank states that the fraud led to at least 70,000 euros in damage to customers. According to the bank, a customer of ING was cheated for almost 3,500 euros. However, the banks cannot get this money back in this criminal case, but have to go to another judge to do so.
The convicted man sent the fake emails on behalf of Rabobank and ING. In the message, the victim was asked to apply for a new bank card. This person could do this by entering his details on a web page referred to in the e-mail.
The suspect then used the login details obtained to request a new bank card. With the stolen money he bought, among other things, Rolex watches, designer clothes and a car.
The convicted man previously worked with other suspects, including money donkeys: people who made their bank accounts available to receive the stolen money. The victims were also called by a person posing as an employee of the bank to convince them to fill in the details.
“In the opinion of the court, the degree of organization and coordination required to commit these kinds of facts exceeds the ‘ordinary’ fraud cases,” according to the Zeeland-West Brabant court. The judges believe that in this case “only a substantial prison sentence can be used”.
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