The Konjic Police Department is conducting an investigation following a report that the company Igman d.d. Konjic was damaged in the case of computer fraud, by which a large amount of money was stolen from the company’s account.
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Ilijana Miloš, confirmed for Fena that the report was received on July 24, after which an investigation was immediately launched. According to her, there is a suspicion that an unknown person or more have committed the crime of computer fraud.
The investigation was taken over by the Criminal Police Department of the Police Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, and the acting prosecutor of the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office in Mostar – Regional Office Konjic was also informed about the case.
“Under the supervision of the competent prosecutor, police officers undertake all necessary measures and actions with the aim of elucidating this criminal act, identifying and finding the perpetrators,” said Miloš.
According to information previously published by certain media, from the account of the company Igman d.d. About 780,000 euros were allegedly stolen from Konjic. As stated, it is a sophisticated form of Internet fraud known as “business email compromise” (BEC), in which fraudsters falsely present themselves as business partners of the company and provide the victim with altered payment information.
According to the information so far, the perpetrators allegedly used an e-mail address that was almost identical to the official e-mail address of a business partner from Turkey with whom Igman has business cooperation. Based on such communication, the company’s employees made a payment to the bank account provided by the fraudsters, believing that they were sending the money to a real business partner.
The investigation is ongoing, and for the time being, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of the HNK have not disclosed any more details about the circumstances of the fraud or possible suspects.
