Officers from the Main Directorate for Combating Cybercrime have detained a man who stole the bank card details of over 200 individuals. As reported by Oxu.Az, citing the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan, 32-year-old Kanan Amirakhli, previously convicted of a similar crime, was arrested as a result of another operational and technical operation conducted by the cyber police. He posed as a loan officer and posted ads on various social media pages offering “favorable terms, low fees, and loans without guarantors” in order to steal people’s money.
The investigation revealed that Amirakhli posted ads on social media promoting preferential loan campaigns. He then obtained the applicants’ bank card details and OTP (One Time Password) security codes sent to their mobile phones. Having obtained this information, the suspect logged into mobile apps and transferred funds from the victims’ balances to cards registered to other individuals.
A criminal case has been opened based on these facts. A court has ordered Kanan Amirakhli’s pretrial detention.
“We appeal to citizens and urge them to exercise extreme caution when encountering fake loan advertisements on social media. Pay attention to advertisements with headlines about fast and low-interest loans, phishing messages that imitate bank names or logos, and suspicious links,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs emphasized.
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