The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) says charges are to be laid shortly against the six persons who were arrested this morning in connection with a probe into the theft of millions from an elderly customer of the National Commercial Bank (NCB).
MOCA says the senior citizen was the victim of a smishing scam, which is a cyber-attack that uses fake mobile text messages to trick persons into downloading malware, sharing sensitive information or sending money to cybercriminals.
The attacks are alleged to have taken place in March last year.
The persons arrested are believed to have stolen US$45,000 and $7.4 million and distributed the funds to a number of beneficiaries using a sophisticated smishing scam, MOCA reported.
They were arrested in a series of coordinated targeted operations, which were carried out from last night into this morning and spanned six locations across St Elizabeth, Clarendon, St Catherine and Kingston.
