A police inspector has told a court how investigators were tipped off about an alleged scam that defrauded bank clients out of €1 million through an anonymous ProtonMail email. Inspector Claire Vella Borg was testifying in the case against Tammy Caruana, a 25-year-old unemployed woman accused of fraud, money laundering and involvement in an organised
An inspector told a court on Thursday that the police had been tipped off about an alleged scammer who defrauded bank clients out of €1 million by a person who sent an email through the secure Protonmail service. The email contained Tammy Caruana's name and age, details about the spoofing and the application being used, and the suspect’s activities
A Bank of Valletta client was duped into handing over confidential information by a Maltese-speaking woman claiming to be a bank representative. While the client was on the call with the woman, who identified herself as Cynthia, a series of fraudulent payments amounting to €3,773 were siphoned out of his account. RELATED STORIES €1 million scam puts