Suspected of having hacked the bank account of a minister of Congo-Brazzaville, a man and a woman were indicted. They are being prosecuted in particular for “swindle and money laundering in an organized gang”, we learned on Friday from judicial sources close to the investigation, confirming information from the newspaper The Parisian.
The man was remanded in custody at the end of his indictment on May 12 for “fraudulent access to an automated data processing system, fraud and money laundering in an organized group,” said a judicial source. Aged 41, he was arrested on May 10 at his home in Seine-Saint-Denis, added a source close to the investigation.
Relieved of 400,000 euros
The woman, 43, suspected of being his accomplice and prosecuted for the same offenses, was arrested at the end of March and placed under judicial supervision after her indictment on March 31.
“Between 60 and 75 transfers” to “accounts in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Austria and France” were fraudulently made from the account of a Congolese minister in office “for an amount of more than 400,000 euros “, According to the source close to the investigation.
The man claims his innocence
The woman, already known for acts of fraud, would be the beneficiary of the illicit transfers made to France and would have withdrawn “in cash ten thousand euros”, indicates The Parisian.
Société Générale lodged a complaint and an investigation, entrusted to the means of payment fraud brigade (BFMP), was opened. The man disputes the facts, according to The Parisian which specifies that false identity papers and four cell phones were seized at his home.