Dushanbe. June 14. “Asia-Plus” — Tajik law enforcement agencies are searching for three hackers who have illegally broke into Sohibkorbank’s banking system stealing nearly 2 million Russian rubles.
According to Tajik Ministry of Interior, director of the Sohibkorbank’s money transfer office in Shaidon village of Asht region wrote an application to the police saying that “in May this year several persons have broke into the bank’s computer system through the Internet and using services of one of mobile providers. They used Western Union and Contact money transfer systems to transfer nearly 2 million Russian rubles (nearly $64.000) from Tajikistan to St. Petersburg.”
The police is still hunting the hackers. Criminal case was launched under article 244 part 4 (theft) and article 298 part 1 (unauthorized access to computer information).
Meanwhile, another officer of Sohibkor bank Sharaf Karimov, who presented himself as head of temporary administration of the bank, told the AP that they have already received answer to related request sent to bank recipient in St. Petersburg. “The reply says that the bank in St. Petersburg has addresses of recipients and video record. The bank is ready to provide these evidences upon the request of Tajik law enforcement agencies,” he said.
