Andrew Camp Used by Scammers

Former Secretary General of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Andreu Camps It was approved in court this Tuesday and approved in 2021. Pay over 400,000 euros to fraudsters The man posed as an athletic club manager and they exchanged several emails without realizing the identity theft.

“I worked with the Treasurer and the Treasurer to approve the payments and the Treasurer. “I authorized it to the Athletic Club.”made the declaration via video conference during the trial at the Regional Court of Madrid, where the sentencing hearing took place this Tuesday.

The real culprit of the fraud they were not found And only the woman RAAY, whom they ended up depositing in a bank account, was prosecuted. 460,242 euros from RFEF she moved it to another account Lithuania.

This is why both the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the private prosecution carried out by the RFEF are calling for this to be done. sentenced to 3 years in prison As a necessary cooperator in the crime of attempted electronic fraud.

in May 2021 The alleged fraudsters accessed documents stored on the cloud by Mr. Camps (who was fired on September 20 due to the Rubiales scandal). they stole the bill RFEF had to make the following payments to Athletic Bilbao: “Euro 2020 contract settlement”.

stadium of San Mamés It was one of the original 12 venues for Euro 2020, which was postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic, but was eventually replaced by La Cartuja de Sevilla.

After accessing the document, They falsified the email address of Athletic general director John Berasategui. Reposition one character and delete another. From there, they asked Camps to pay the said invoice to a new bank account of the German corporation N26.

They presented a certificate proving that the account was, but Owned by Athleticwhich was actually the name of RAAY

After a few days, RFEF employees and Berasategui himself realized: They were victims of fraud As a result, they each filed charges of fraud and identity theft. The money was immediately refunded to him by N26 Bank.

According to an official from Madrid’s Central Economic and Financial Crimes Unit who appeared as a witness, this type of crime is known as: “The man in the middle” A man-in-the-middle attack consists of intercepting communications between two parties (in this case Atheltic and RFEF) and attempting to trick them.

A cybersecurity report commissioned by RFEF after the complaint revealed: Camps cloud fell victim to cyber attackits material and intellectual author have not yet been found.

The woman who lives in London And this Tuesday, she testified, accompanied by an English interpreter, and monosyllabically denied all accusations, stating that the purpose of the account she opened with N26 was to set up a hair salon and that she did not take part in the fraud she claims. He said it was not. I have no knowledge.

However, the public prosecutor’s office and the public prosecutor’s office said that their cooperation wasessentialThis is because it appears to be proven that the account was opened a few days before the fraud, and the funds were diverted to another account in his name before it was closed.

The defense attorney asked for the defendant’s acquittal, arguing as follows: “Lack of technical knowledge” He also raises the possibility that the fraudsters also hacked into his bank account to carry out the transactions.