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Ministry of National Security renders harmless the transnational organized group of bank account hackers

23 June 2009 14:11 (UTC +04:00)

Citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan Veliyev Elgan Hikmet, Abbasov Elchin Beyverdi, Hasanov Ruslan Abidin, Hasanzadeh Abidin Nusret, as well as Syrian citizen Ibrahim Mohammad Ahmad and other unidentified persons attacked the computer data of the banks and removed large amount of money from the e-bank accounts of the different people.
Elgan Veliyev, Elchin Abbasov, Ruslan Hasanov, Abidin Hasanzadeh and Mohammad Ibrahim criminally associated with unidentified foreign citizens and founded Nur-AB Ltd registered under the Elchin Abbasovâ€™s name as a legal entity. The foreign members of the organized group illegally got the numbers and codes of the credit cards of US, Canadian, UAE, German, Swedish and other bank clients and sent to their associates in Azerbaijan. On the basis of this information Elgan Veliyev and his group transferred 300 000 AZN to Nur-AB Ltd account via its POS-terminal used for non-cash transfers.
Using the codes of the plastic cards of German banks clients the organized gang carried out counterfeit non-cash billing worth AZN 130,000, transferred it to the account of Nur-AB LLC and early in May, 2009 AZN 54,000 was withdrawn from the account of Nur-AB LLC. The members of the gang attempted to withdraw over AZN 73,000 of the money several times in a previous way, but failed to do it, as the account of Nur-AB LLC was blocked by one of the commercial banks in Baku.
Early in June, 2009, the members of the gang under the leadership of Elgan Valiyev, carried out counterfeit non-cash billing worth AZN 160,900. On June 8, 2009, Elchin Abbasov and Abidin Hasanzadeh attempted to transfer the money to the account of another bank in Baku, but were detained by the National Security Ministry.
National Security Ministryâ€™s Main Investigation Department launched criminal case on the fact on article 271.2.1 and 271.2.3 (illegal access to electron-computer information on preliminary arrangement by group of persons with causing damage in the large amount), 177.3.1 and 177.3.2 (secret plundering by an organized group) of the Criminal Code. Under the courtâ€™s decision, Elgan Valiyev, Elchin Abbasov, Ruslan Hasanov, Abidin Hasanzadeh and Mohammad Ibrahim were arrested.
Investigation is underway to determine other participants of the illegal actions.