9 minutes agoPolice elaborate on arresting Kosovo hackers accused by America
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Kosovo police have confirmed that they have been participating in an American State Department operation that has filed charges against 36 people for fraud and theft via the internet, including two Kosovars. Kosovo Police spokesman Daut Hoxha has said police arrested yesterday [...]
Kosovo Police spokesman Daut Hoxha has said police arrested the two Kosovars suspected of cyber theft yesterday: Besart Hoxha and Liridon Musliu.
Two suspected K-Albanian people have been arrested in the case, and the same after interviewing by the prosecutor's order are sent to the maintenance for further procedures of”, Hoxha told Insideer.
The police have provided details from the action.
The cybercrime sector in co-ordination with competent authorities has taken necessary action according to authorisations and carried out control in two locations by which locations have been confiscated, two cars, laptop computers, computer houses, mobile phones, USB, camera photo”, Hoxha said.
The Department of Justice in the United States announced today that it has filed charges against 36 people involved in a global cyber theft scheme that has caused $530m damage.
The US Department of Justice has published the names of 36 people charged with cyber fraud and theft, while the two names of Kosovars have also been announced: Besart Hoxha and Liridon Musliu.
Justice Department officials have indicated that they have applied for the extradition of eight defendants from countries outside the United States, which one of them is Kosovo.
The act set up by US prosecutors lists 117 cybercrime works by members of this group of hackers, which includes credit card misuse and selling stolen information online.
