Online scammers must be seven years behind bars
In order to process a large-scale Internet fraud with a million claims, the District Court of Augsburg has sentenced 23-year-old leader of a band to seven years imprisonment. Under the code name Hansi did the man from eating band members with orders and create fraudulent use internet shops can, the presiding judge Rudolf Weigell said, according to dpa. The total damage lies with more than one million euros. The prosecution had demanded in their plea eight years' imprisonment. The defense saw no basis for a finding of guilt, and therefore presented an application.
Just over two months, the process began in Augsburg against four defendants. They set up according to the indictment for fraud purposes, a roughly 190 online shops. For years, the band had sold goods to advance as laptops, home appliances, tools or even gold bars worth more than 1.1 million euros - without providing the product ever. It was in the process of around 2050 cases.
The fraudsters have also bank customers elicits their account information including pin. In 117 cases, there are more than 200,000 euros have been deducted. He was charged with, inter alia, by rings and commercial fraud, forgery and spying data from data. To appear legitimate, the defendants received, according to the prosecutor websites actually existing online portals. They would also be unjustified uses proprietary trade names and trademarks.
To track down the gang investigators brought in September 2009, the co-owner of an electrical company in the Swabian town of Nördlingen. When he had received several inquiries from frustrated buyers who had ordered and paid for goods on a website, but do not get. The imprint of the page pointed - slightly modified - the data of the Nordlinger company but was clueless after LKA information.
In separate proceedings, is three co-defendants had already been sentenced. A 30-year-old from Lüdenscheid was sentenced to four years in prison. He had admitted to have got created for online shops around 40,000 euros and an expensive car. A 36-year-old from Bergisch Gladbach got two years probation. He had also admitted that it had set up shop. A 30-year-old stone home in Paderborn received a half year suspended sentence. You've designed online stores and data entered - although her at the end it was clear that no goods were delivered, she said.
Of convictions for defendants leave impressed only by heavy fines, said the
Presiding Judge Rudolf Weigell. The Augsburg District Court sentenced the accused because of tied and commercial fraud and computer fraud.
The main defendant was silent during the 15 days of hearings on the allegations - he once went to a co-defendant, this should not pretend that he was not even involved. "The defendant acted according to the principle 'what I can not,'" said Judge Weigell. Who's idea was about to be dangerous, to intimidate the now 23-year-old has in the opinion of the court or did use force. The convicted announced appeal against the verdict.
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