Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Internet hacker hits bank account

Eleven Rotorua people are accused of hacking into online bank
accounts and stealing thousands of dollars in an elaborate internet
scam.

One of the accused has admitted her role in the widespread fraud
ring that targeted the National Bank.

Nine others have been remanded without plea after appearing in
Rotorua District Court yesterday, and one is wanted by police after
failing to show up.

The Daily Post can today reveal details of the scam which involved
people using the bank's secure website to access accounts and
transfer money from one account to another, creating credits in
their own or a nominated bank account.

The woman who pleaded guilty yesterday was Rotorua's Lauren Sainty,
an unemployed 25-year-old.

http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/local/news/internet-hacker-hits-
bank-account/3800248/

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