Their mechanics were well-honed. Tracking of two-wheelers and cars of brands of the PSA group, hacking, theft then concealment towards Africa or Poland… The total damage is estimated at 1.6 million euros, for 80 stolen vehicles. The gang at the origin of these misdeeds is made up of a dozen men, all in their forties and known to the police.
Nine of them were arrested and indicted, indicate the gendarmerie and the prosecutor’s office of Versailles. According to the investigation carried out by the gendarmes of the Saint-Germain-en-Laye research brigade, they used computer equipment with which they hacked the airwaves of car keys, a technique called “mouse jacking”. Thanks to this stratagem, they were able to enter the vehicle without breaking and entering. Once inside the vehicle, the thieves started it by “using a computer means”.
The two-wheelers were then exported to Africa in containers, the cars “boned and spare parts exported to Poland”, the statement said. Of the nine people indicted for criminal association, theft in an organized gang and concealment of theft in an organized gang, the Versailles prosecutor’s office specifies that seven were placed in pre-trial detention, the other two under judicial supervision. During the searches carried out in January, weapons, four stolen vehicles, 24,450 euros in cash, jewelry and narcotics were seized.