African arrested on bank hacking charges

Speaking at a press conference yesterday, police said suspect Lino Samuel, 26, had opened a Bangkok Bank account to receive the money sent from hackers based in Europe  and earned 10 per cent of every transaction. Police did not say whether this bank account had money in it, after the suspect was arrested last Friday. Police said he had pleaded guilty and was charged with possessing a forged passport, registered under the name of a Frenchman.The Economic Crimes Division, who made Samuel's arrest, said this syndicate, whose details on location, areas of crimes, and nationalities of members were not given, sent out trojanbased baits to emails of potential victims. The victims' identities and financial records would be sent to the hackers once they were tricked into installing the trojan, and details would be used to hack into the victims' accounts and wire their money to Samuel's account  one of many suspected of being opened in several countries.