The Larnaca district court on Friday sentenced a 27-year-old man to two years in prison following a trial for internet fraud and the embezzlement of €10,000.
The case, which was investigated by the CID, involved a sophisticated “email interception” scam targeting local businesses.
Police investigators discovered the perpetrators illegally interfered with the email correspondence between the two companies, by sending a fraudulent email with the bank details.
They successfully diverted
