Ten arrested for hacking social media account and stealing

Ten individuals have been arrested for hacking an individual's social media accounts and stealing from a company's bank account. 

According to the Police website, the arrests were made in an operation carried out from last Wednesday. The arrests were made on charges of having compromised an individual's social media accounts and stealing over MVR 279,600 from the bank account of a company the individual holds stakes in. 

The operation was carried out by the Gang Crimes Unit, Himmafushi Police and Addu City Hithadhoo Police. 

The ten persons arrested in relation to this case are:

Of these, one man was arrested in Himmafushi, three in Addu, and the remaining six in Male'. Some of them have prior criminal records. 

When presented in court for their remand hearings, Mohamed Ibrahim was placed in custody for 5 days, Mohamed Ali and Mohamed Hassan for 7 days, Ali Irfan Ahmed Didi for 10 days, and the remaining six for 15 days.

Police said that six of these individuals have deposited the proceeds of scamming into their bank accounts and withdrawn it. One of them used money from scams to pay for various goods, and the other three took various individuals to ATMs and coerced them into withdrawing money and handing it over to them.