The court in Krasnoyarsk has sentenced two hackers from Moscow and Barnaul for hacking into computers of travel agencies and firms. They used the computer access to sell the railway tickets for different cities of Russia through a front men, who are with them in criminal conspiracy.
They group booked tickets with false names and received digital code. They took print out of the travel document using the digital code. Then, they applied for ticket cancellation using the document and received money. The group shared half of the money with the front man and remaining half was transferred to the group.
The court found them guilty under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code. One of the hackers was sentenced to 3 years and another hacker got 2 years and 6 months.
According to the West Siberian transport Prosecutor's office, the group were able to make 1.5 million Rubles(1.6 million Rupees) using this method.
- Christina
They group booked tickets with false names and received digital code. They took print out of the travel document using the digital code. Then, they applied for ticket cancellation using the document and received money. The group shared half of the money with the front man and remaining half was transferred to the group.
The court found them guilty under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code. One of the hackers was sentenced to 3 years and another hacker got 2 years and 6 months.
According to the West Siberian transport Prosecutor's office, the group were able to make 1.5 million Rubles(1.6 million Rupees) using this method.
- Christina