How a young woman swindled more than $3million from hardworking Aussies in a sophisticated email scam that was almost impossible to detect
- A Melbourne woman has been jailed for her role in a cyber crime syndicate
- The group stole millions from Australian superannuation and share accounts
- She would use ‘phishing’ schemes to obtain personal information
A Melbourne woman has been jailed for her role in a cyber crime syndicate that stole millions of dollars from innocent Australians.
Jasmine Vella-Arpaci, 24, admitted playing a central part in the fraudulent scheme, which targeted superannuation and share trading accounts.
The syndicate succeeded in defrauding $3.238 million, while there were further attempts to obtain $1.8 million from super funds and $5.7 million in shares.
Stolen funds were deposited into newly opened bank accounts and debit cards were sent to false addresses in Hong Kong, where $2.5 million was laundered.
Vella-Arpaci’s role included setting up a phishing scam to access account login details, and targeting admin, HR and bookkeeper usernames in the hopes of accessing superannuation account details and identification documents.
Judge Todd said Ms Vella-Arpaci’s ‘phishing’, which…
