"Dubai Discrimination" upheld the conviction of the accused and imposed imprisonment and a fine

The fall of a "super hacker" into a gang targeting shopping sites

Dubai Criminal Court sentenced the gang members to 6 months in prison and a fine of 50 thousand dirhams.

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The Court of Cassation in Dubai upheld a verdict convicting a gang of nine defendants from Arab, Asian and African countries that had mastered electronic fraud using sophisticated methods, and one of them is a well-known defendant among the cybercriminals with his extraordinary capabilities in electronic penetration.

The lawsuit papers stated that the defendants fraudulently stole more than 280,000 dirhams through purchases from shopping sites of well-known companies using stolen credit card data belonging to other people, causing the companies double losses represented in the value of the goods they seize, and the amounts that must be returned to the card holders. The hacker whose data is sold on banned websites issued by two foreign countries.

According to the details of the case, the experts in combating cybercrime in Dubai Police were able to bring down the gang despite the professionalism of its members, and the involvement of restaurant owners in the crime. In addition to the right of the victim companies to sue them civilly to compensate for the losses they incurred.

The facts of the crimes committed by the gang revolve when the first accused (an Arab), an expert in web design, decided to take a criminal path to profit from hacking and fraud crimes via the Internet, targeting a famous food application, and presenting his criminal project to another accused, who became enthusiastic about the idea, and they were joined by a third accused on A link to a website specialized in selling stolen credit card numbers located in a foreign country. They also obtained card data from another website, both of which are blocked in the country and can only be entered using a certain technology.

The case papers stated that the problem faced by the defendants was how to bypass the "password" sent by the banks to the card holders to verify the authenticity of the electronic transaction, so they brought for this purpose an African "hacker" known among their circles for his supernatural capabilities in penetration, and then they became ready to carry out fraud operations.

They included in the gang formation the owners of restaurants and shops, who were forced to cooperate with the other defendants to facilitate the disposal of the goods they buy using stolen credit card data, and then send them the goods to sell for cash at a lower price and share the profits later.

The list of the accused also included the owner of a restaurant, who used to buy meals electronically from his restaurant through the well-known application, and agreed with him in advance not to send any meals and collect their value from the company that owns the application.

The gang formation included suspects whose mission was to carry out purchases for the main hackers, and in this way they distributed roles among themselves and were able to target the application of food, drinks, clothing stores and various goods, and stole products worth 280 thousand dirhams from them.

The first defendant admitted in the Public Prosecution’s investigations that he worked in the field of web design, and decided to carry out fraudulent operations with the other defendants, after purchasing stolen credit card data from two websites designated for that, and using it to buy sportswear, other products and meals, and they were getting 50% of the profits. This crime after being resold for half its value, pointing out that it was agreed with the owner of a restaurant not to send orders purchased through a food application, and to share the amounts with him.

The cybercriminals were able to provide sufficient evidence incriminating the accused, which was reassured by the court, which also relied on their confessions in the Public Prosecution’s investigations, and included how to resell products purchased with stolen cards, and pay phone bills for amounts less than their value.

The defendants appealed against the initial ruling before the Court of Appeal, but it upheld their conviction, and then the case moved to the last stage before the Court of Cassation, which in turn confirmed the ruling.

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