Verona, police foil million-dollar online scam involving large Venetian company

(LaPresse) Online millionaires scam foiled against an important Veneto company. The rescue was made possible by a report from a company manager, who immediately triggered investigations by the Verona police. The staff of the company’s accounting office had been contacted by the self-styled CEO of the Group and, in the belief that they were communicating with the top management of the industrial group, induced to make transfers to a foreign current account for a total amount of more than one million EUR. “This is – the police underline in a note – a scam which is usually also perfected through web profiling and analysis of the social accounts of the Company’s managers and employees, with the acquisition of valuable information on dynamics and corporate relationships”. The Postal Police, having received the report, immediately activated international police cooperation channels through the Financial Information Unit of the Bank of Italy, blocking the transaction and returning the large sum of money before the actual transfer to foreign accounts , thanks also to the timeliness of the reporting and the speed of intervention of the specialized operators.