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He defrauded a business in Tirana and took 25 thousand euros, the Prosecution requests 10 years in prison for the Nigerian hacker

2025-09-25 09:17:34Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

He defrauded a business in Tirana and took 25 thousand euros, the Prosecution

The Tirana Prosecution has requested a 10-year prison sentence for Nigerian Sabastian Victor Negbenedor, accused of the criminal offense of "Computer Fraud". The Nigerian was reported to the police by businessman EB, who has been running his own business for 10 years, where he sells detergents that he imports from Italy.

For years, he had been communicating about the import of goods he was trading via email. One day, he received an email from the Italian side asking him to pay the next invoice not to the same bank account of the Italian company, but to one located in Germany with the corresponding invoice worth 25,000 euros.

The businessman, seeing that the email was the same (it was later determined that only one letter had changed) and that the exact invoice from the Italian company sent in previous electronic communications was there, and knowing that they were a multinational company, made the payment.

After some time, he was contacted by the Italian company after they had not received the amount of 25,000 euros, from which he realized that the payment had been made to another address. However, the investigation has proven that this is not the first case of having fallen 'prey' on this fraud scheme that operates online and aims to hit businesses.

The online fraud scheme created by Nigerian Sabastian Victor Negbenedor:

The prosecution discovered that emails and company websites with low levels of protection or simple passwords were being hacked by international hackers who tracked these websites and conversations related to bill payments and money transfers destined from within to outside the territory of the Republic of Albania.

Then, they enter into communications with businesses by presenting themselves as the suppliers of the goods. They do this by opening similar pages and similar email addresses and, to make themselves credible, they refer to previous conversations made by the entities with real suppliers via telematics (these hacked conversations). Once they become credible, they issue management justifications and request that payments be made to other accounts, embezzling all payments from businesses, who think they are paying their partner.

Full announcement from the Tirana Prosecutor's Office:

The Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction, Tirana, requests the guilty plea and 10-year prison sentence of the defendant, Nigerian citizen SN, for the criminal offense of 'Computer Fraud' provided for by articles 143/b/2 of the Criminal Code.

This citizen was denounced by citizen EB, who has been managing his detergent business that he imports from Italy to Sauk for 10 years. For years, he had been communicating with the Italian party via an email address, where he would place the order and, after receiving the goods, send them a transfer via bank.

One day, he received an email from the Italian party requesting that the payment be made no longer to the company's account in Italy but to Germany with the relevant invoice. The complainant, seeing that the email was the same (it was later determined that only one letter had changed) and that the exact invoice of the Italian company sent in previous electronic communications was there, and knowing that they were a multinational company, made the payment.

After some time, he was contacted by the Italian company after they had not received the amount of 25,000 euros, from which he realized that he had made the payment to another address.

From the investigations of the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction, Tirana, it was discovered that the beneficiary was citizen SN, and that he committed the criminal activity of "Computer Fraud" provided for by articles 143/b/3 of the Criminal Code by embezzling the amount of 25,000 euros from the victim.

During the investigation and trial, the mechanism of this computer fraud, which has managed to defraud several businesses in Albania, was also discovered. The prosecution discovered that emails and company websites with low levels of protection or simple passwords were hacked by international hackers who track these websites and conversations related to bill payments and money transfers destined from within to outside the territory of the Republic of Albania.

Then, they enter into communications with businesses by presenting themselves as the suppliers of the goods. They do this by opening similar pages and similar email addresses and, to make themselves credible, they refer to previous conversations made by the entities with real suppliers via telematics (these hacked conversations). Once they become credible, they issue management justifications and request that payments be made to other accounts, embezzling all payments from businesses, who think they are paying their partner.

As a recurring case, the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction, Tirana finds the opportunity to call on businesses not to fall prey to these frauds, by taking measures for high protection of their computer systems, their business websites, as well as emails or passwords, and to carefully check the authenticity of every business website and every email address and communication that is made or where a change of the destination of payment of supply invoices is requested.


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