London Cybercrime Investigation: Teenagers Arrested for Fraud Activities

The Metropolitan Police's Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) has arrested two teenagers in an international cybercrime investigation. The two males, aged 17 and 18, are being held in a central London police station. They were arrested on suspicion of encouraging or assisting crime, unauthorised computer access, and conspiracy to commit fraud.

The arrests were made as part of a wider, eight-month investigation by the PCeU into an 8000-member global cybercriminal forum.

Detectives have recovered more than 65 000 compromised credit/debit card numbers, a potential industry loss of