Defendant pled guilty to the continuing act of co-perpetrating scam, computer trespass and theft with a false key, committed multiple times. The man laundered the money by depositing via Paysafecard at an online casino and then cashing out.

24 months in prison for fraud and computer trespass

The Northern Netherlands District Court sentenced a man to 24 months in prison for fraud, computer trespass, theft with a false key, and money laundering. The man scammed several people through Marktplaats and defrauded them of a total of nearly €35,000. He then proceeded to launder the money in an illegal online casino.

Defendant defrauded persons through payment request fraud through Marketplace. Suspect pretended to be a buyer and sought contact with the selling party via Marketplace or Whatsapp. The so-called buyer, suspect, requested the selling party to pay 1 cent for verification via a link or create a payment request via a so-called payment link. The links sent were in reality phishing links. Through the phishing sites, login information was retrieved. With these, the victims' bank accounts were hacked and money was slyly deducted from these bank accounts. The accused is also guilty of aiding and abetting money laundering, committed on several occasions. The defendant committed these acts while in detention. All things considered, the court considers a prison sentence of 24 months, minus the time the accused spent in pre-trial detention, appropriate and mandatory.