The Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency announced on Saturday the dismantling of a local and international electronic financial fraud network that seized citizens' funds.
The agency stated in a statement received by the News Video Agency that, "under the direct supervision of the Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency's agent, the agency's detachments, represented by the Cybercrime Department, were able to track and locate a group of accounts belonging to electronic payment card numbers that had seized citizens' funds through deception."
The statement added that "after obtaining all judicial approvals and reviewing and verifying all technical reports that detailed the location of all members of the network, the detachments proceeded to their locations and were able to arrest them and seize all electronic devices in their possession."
The statement clarified that "during the interrogation of the defendants, they explicitly admitted to committing electronic financial fraud against citizens by deceiving and defrauding them and stealing their money, with the assistance of two foreign suspects residing outside Iraq."
The statement continued, "Their statements were recorded, and they admitted to the charges against them and were referred to the competent courts, in addition to taking legal actions against the foreign suspects through official channels."
The agency confirmed, according to the statement, "the continuation of its security and intelligence efforts to pursue electronic financial fraud networks and confront anyone who seeks to target citizens and seize their funds through fraudulent means."