Detectives from the State Crime Command’s Financial and Cyber Crime Group have charged two men for their role in a cold call technology support money laundering network.
On Tuesday, detectives attended a residence in Albion and arrested a 26-year-old man and a 24-year-old man. Both men have been charged with recklessly engaging in money laundering, bailed to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on September 28.
Police will allege the men, both students, were involved with a network of offenders obtaining millions of dollars through technology scams, receiving dishonestly obtained funds deposited into accounts they had opened, and received a commission for sending this money offshore.
These arrests relate to Operation Romeo Taper, which commenced in May 2019, when information was received regarding a man who had been identified as being a money mule for cold call technology support scams.
As part of the operation, police have identified three million dollars in scam funds
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