Thousands of euros, luxury clothes and cryptocurrencies: an Italian teenager is enriched by offering fake covid certificates

The Italian authorities have denounced a young man who enriched himself offering false health certificates, a business that linked Russian computer pirates and with which he won thousands of euros in a short time and all kinds of luxury products.

The 17 -year -old adolescent and who lived with his parents, was the Italian reference of a group of "dangerous" Russian computer pirates specialized in the falsification of Curonavirus certificates, the Italian police explained.

Thanks to this network, which guaranteed more than 20,000 euros in a few months, a high rhythm of life had been sought, buying expensive beauty products, cryptocurrencies, brand clothes and high -tech devices, all of which was requisitioned by the authorities.

The detainees of the detainee said they did not know the activity of their son and that they believed that their wealth came from their services as a computer for online gaming companies, police said in a statement.

His arrest and knowledge of his "modus operandi" was possible thanks to the complaint of a young woman from Genoa (northern Italy) who went to him to get a sanitary certificate of the Coronavirus, indispensable in this country for social life.

Miles de euros, ropa de lujo y criptomonedas: un adolescente italiano se enriquece ofreciendo certificados Covid falsos

The woman, a model by profession, wanted a false certificate to be able to go to the gym and because she had "a certain aversion" to the vaccine.

In this way he sent his documents and 150 euros to the young Roman until he realized that everything was a trap, because the "falsifier" began to extort her and ask for more money under the threat of denouncing her to the authorities.

Finally, the girl decided to report, revealing a network of Russian pirates who accumulate private data of users to open bank accounts, credit cards and profiles on the main electronic commerce platforms, among other crimes.


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