The Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) indicted another resident of Chisinau who, together with an accomplice arrested a month ago, is accused of involvement in an airline ticket scam of over 250,000 lei. The young men purchased airline tickets by using foreign bank card data without the knowledge and consent of the card holders, IPN reports.
According to the PGO, the men chose such destinations as Lisbon, Antalya, Bucharest, Munich, Moscow, Faro (Portugal), Paris, Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), Colombo (Sri Lanka) and others. By the same scam, they paid for hotel accommodation in the selected cities.
The man arrested now is 29 and is out of work. When the 72-hour arrest period expires, the prosecutors will ask for an arrest warrant against him.
The investigation was launched after the anti-fraud department of the company administering the portal www.zbor.md informed the PGO that access codes and bank data were illegally used to purchase airline tickets online.
Last month, the police arrested a man aged 25. At his home, there were found 11 SIM cards and 9 non-personalized bank cards issued by French banks, information about bank accounts opened at U.S. financial institutions, documents concerning different cash transfers, WebMoney electronic accounts, software for disguising the IP address and other things showing his involvement in the illegal scheme.
