An official source at the Public Prosecution stated that the Financial Fraud Crimes Prosecution has initiated an investigation with a criminal organization consisting of 12 suspects, including citizens and residents, on charges of financial fraud.
The investigation procedures revealed that a number of them passed international calls through specialized devices and applications to the phone numbers of the victims inside the Kingdom, and that they persuaded the victims to invest in unlicensed digital currencies, and that they opened bank accounts in a number of Saudi banks and received sums of money and transferred them outside the Kingdom.
The investigation procedures also revealed that some of the defendants had published their resumes on a social networking program to search for jobs and had received offers from foreign companies to work remotely in return for a low monthly salary. Electronic devices were sent to them by other defendants, using the names and uniforms of a well-known telecommunications company. And securely install devices inside homes, monitor their operation, and hide tracking data.
A search of the defendants’ residences found a number of electronic devices designed to pass calls, SIM cards, and mobile devices designed to activate the SIM cards.
The source indicated that they have been arrested in preparation for completing the investigation procedures with them, and they will be referred to the competent court to demand severe penalties in accordance with the anti-financial fraud system.
The source stressed that the Public Prosecution is continuing to combat financial crimes in all its forms and forms, and that it will not hesitate to bring the perpetrators to justice to impose severe penalties on them, stressing the need to verify any contact received regarding job offers or investment offers and so on, which may result in the exploitation of data. And bank accounts for participating in financial fraud crimes and are subject to criminal accountability.
