The engineer of the Moscow metro hacked bank

The engineer took the failure of the Moscow metro in the electronic system of the Bank of Moscow and stole 85.5 million rubles, according to ' News Time '. More than 56 million he had cashed.

27 -year-old Alex Lepekhin gained access to the general loan account of the bank and for a long time to translate it with large sums of money on my card, officially designated to receive the salary. Stolen money is an ordinary employee of Metro spent on expensive gifts to friends, buying apartments, cars and country cottages.

This unusual source of additional income to the salary the engineer has become available due to malfunction in the electronic banking system, Web- banking. Its user- Lepekhin began in February 2007. In addition to salary and loan accounts at some point in his profile became available ' loan account '. Alex Lepekhin, of course, surprised, but quickly realized that an extra option, he may enjoy at your leisure.

The first time he has appropriated a small amount - a total of 50 thousand rubles. Then the scammer got a taste, and began to convert more than large sums of money. More than 56 million he had cashed, and another 28 managed security service bank lock.

When the fraud was uncovered Lepekhina, he tried to flee, and even lived on a false passport. The hands of justice it is not spared, and now a former machinist prepares to stand trial under Articles 159-4 (fraud on a large scale ) and 174. 1-2 ( legalization of money acquired by the person in the commission of a crime ) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

Recall that in early June, ' Vebplaneta ' wrote about two Ukrainian criminals who live in Brooklyn. They broke down the system ' Citibank ' and cashed more than $ 750 thousand. in New York ATM. Cyber-criminals were caught and charged. However, sometimes this kind of crime to end the kidnappers quite well: last year, a Russian citizen, hunted fraud using stolen payment cards, for helping the investigation was released from the charge and received a residence permit in the U.S..