12 men arrested after Santander plot uncovered by Scotland Yard e-crime unit
Twelve men have been arrested after police uncovered an apparent plot to steal millions of pounds from Santander.
Plot: 12 men have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to steal
The gang allegedly got control of the bank’s computer remotely via a man posing as a maintenance engineer fitting a keyboard video mouse device (KVM) to a branch computer.
The men were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to steal from Santander and Scotland Yard said the plots was the most sophisticated they’d seen of its type.
A Santander spokesman is quoted in the Guardian as saying: “The attempt to fit the device to the computer in the Surrey Quays branch was allegedly undertaken by a bogus maintenance engineer pretending to be from a third party.
“It failed and no money was ever at risk. No member of Santander staff was involved in this attempted fraud. We are pleased that we have been able, through the robustness of our systems, to prevent the fraud and help the police gather the evidence they needed to make the arrests.”
The plot was uncovered by Scotland Yard’s central e-crime unit (PCeU).