Phishing: identităţi furate şi utilizate în schema spălării banilor

Conf. univ. dr. Ana Alina IONESCU DUMITRACHE^*

* Ana Alina Ionescu Dumitrache este conferenţiar universitar doctor în cadrul Universităţii "Danubius" din Galaţi.

ABSTRACT

Cybercrime and money laundering are interconnected notions in the current context, with cybercriminals more easily "laundering" money of illicit origin through various online platforms.

This article highlights a number of aspects related to the use of phishing both as a fraudulent method of obtaining personal data, data subsequently used to commit crimes in the cyber environment, crimes generating dirty money, and as a technique used in the money laundering process, in order to conceal the true origin of the money. Examples of phishing are also presented in relation to the production of illicit funds, but also to launder money derived from crimes, from the practice of the courts of law and from the materials developed at the level of institutions with a...