It’s emerged thieves have been making fraudulent withdrawals from French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s private bank account. The news was confirmed in the French weekly “Le Journal du Dimanche”, which says Sarkozy’s office has confirmed that the president filed an official complaint last month. The thefts apparently concern sums of less than 200 euros a time. It appears the thieves managed to get hold of Sarkozy’s account details. Such crime is not uncommon – all that is needed are the bank details, name, and expiry date on the credit card in order to make fraudulent transactions over the internet.
Thieves then carry out purchases for relatively small amounts, in the hope that the owner of the card will realise the fraud as late as possible. There was outcry last year when the French parliament decided to award their head of state a 100% payrise. The swindlers may have had access to his £13,243 (approx $26,000) a month salary. Criminal and financial fraud squads and a prosecutor in the Paris suburb of Nanterre were investigating the case.
Source: Sky, Telegraph
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