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Greece’s hacker No1 rejects all accusations

11 June 2011 / 15:06:44  GRReporter
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As he explained, the amounts in these accounts were transferred by multinational companies that advertised on his customers’ websites. The young man presented the invoice for the transfer of funds worth 220 euros sent by Amazon on May 23, 2011. He also forwarded a copy of his check books to he investigator.

"I never manufactured cards”

He also denied "financing his mother financed with large amounts of money," as alleged by police sources. He stressed that his mother is a teacher of English and Romanian languages ​​and hence the main income of his family.

As for the cards found on him, he denied the committing of any criminal act and insisted that no device related to the production of credit cards and the embossing names on them was ever found in his house.

Two bank cards were found on the arrested young man, two of Citibank and one of the National Bank of Greece, with different names on them. In the file, however, the responses of the two banks that issued the cards were applied, stating that they were cancelled in 2004 and 2009, and no complaints from their owners have ever been filed.

Regarding the small quantity of explosive material, the young man said that it was a firework he intended to use during the Easter holidays.

The 18-year-old’s solicitor Eleni Moustaki said: "My client denies all allegations and has presented evidence confirming his statement."

 

Tags: hackerarrestInterpolmalwaredepartment of fighting electronic crimes
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