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MORE THAN 20 CYBER CRIME CASES OPENED IN ARMENIA SINCE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR
YEREVAN, April 15. /ARKA/. More than 20 cyber crime cases have been
opened in Armenia since the beginning of this year, Andrey Yashchyan,
senior specialist at the cyber crime unit of the Armenian Police
Department's division in charge of organized crimes, said today at
a news conference.
He told journalists that these offences are different - they ranged
from stealing personal profile data in social networks to grave cyber
crimes and stealing money.
Yashchyan said that 40 cyber crimes were committed in 2012.
He said that there were many blackmailers who demanded money for not
revealing private information.
In particular, one user of Odnoklassniki social network went connected
with some females via a false profile and demanded AMD 200,000 from
each of them threatening to reveal reputation-tarnishing information
about them to their friends and relatives.
"We found the wrongdoer - it was an inmate at Hrazdan city's
penitentiary," Yashchyan said. "It was also become known about other
cases of blackmailing from AMD 50,000 to 30,000."
Another blackmailer demanded $2,000 from a woman, which complied with
his demand and paid him the money.
There was also another case - an offender was stealing personal data of
the same social network users, creating a master copy in Odnoklassniki
social network. He redirected the users to their personal pages,
preserving their personal data - logins and passwords and demanded
AMD 16,000 from them.
Yashchyan said that many complaints come to the police about stealing
data and photos or libelous statements about them.
He said that on May 18, 2010, articles 135 and 136 (Slander and
Insult) were voided in the Penal Code, but now they are in the Civil
Code. These provisions state that slanderers and insulters must pay
AMD 2 million fine. --0---
YEREVAN, April 15. /ARKA/. More than 20 cyber crime cases have been
opened in Armenia since the beginning of this year, Andrey Yashchyan,
senior specialist at the cyber crime unit of the Armenian Police
Department's division in charge of organized crimes, said today at
a news conference.
He told journalists that these offences are different - they ranged
from stealing personal profile data in social networks to grave cyber
crimes and stealing money.
Yashchyan said that 40 cyber crimes were committed in 2012.
He said that there were many blackmailers who demanded money for not
revealing private information.
In particular, one user of Odnoklassniki social network went connected
with some females via a false profile and demanded AMD 200,000 from
each of them threatening to reveal reputation-tarnishing information
about them to their friends and relatives.
"We found the wrongdoer - it was an inmate at Hrazdan city's
penitentiary," Yashchyan said. "It was also become known about other
cases of blackmailing from AMD 50,000 to 30,000."
Another blackmailer demanded $2,000 from a woman, which complied with
his demand and paid him the money.
There was also another case - an offender was stealing personal data of
the same social network users, creating a master copy in Odnoklassniki
social network. He redirected the users to their personal pages,
preserving their personal data - logins and passwords and demanded
AMD 16,000 from them.
Yashchyan said that many complaints come to the police about stealing
data and photos or libelous statements about them.
He said that on May 18, 2010, articles 135 and 136 (Slander and
Insult) were voided in the Penal Code, but now they are in the Civil
Code. These provisions state that slanderers and insulters must pay
AMD 2 million fine. --0---