Security News > 2008 > March > British lord and three others accused of bid to steal 220m from Japanese bank

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=534031 The Daily Mail 14th March 2008 Four British men - including a man believed to be a lord - have been accused of trying to steal 220million by hacking into a Japanese bank's computer system, the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) said today. Hugh Rodley, from Tewkesbury, in Gloucestershire, named locally as Lord Hugh Rodley, is alleged to have targeted the London offices of Sumitomo Matsui Banking Corporation. His fellow accused are David Nash, 47, from Durrington, in West Sussex, Kevin O'Donoghue, 33, from Birmingham, and Bernard Davies, 73, from Walton-on-Thames, in Surrey. Nash, O'Donoghue and Davies appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court in east London yesterday but Rodley did not attend due to ill health. All four are yet to enter pleas. A spokesman at Soca said police from the e-crime unit launched investigations in October 2004. The alleged plan involved the electronic transfer of money from Sumitomo Matsui to a series of accounts around the world. Soca said the alleged plot was uncovered before the money was moved. The four men are charged with conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to steal, conspiracy to transfer criminal property and conspiracy to remove criminal property from England and Wales between January 1 and October 5 2004. Gloucestershire Police confirmed they assisted with the investigation at Rodley's home at Tudor Manor, in Church End, near Tewkesbury - where he and his wife have lived for 16 years. Judge Martyn Zeidman QC adjourned the case until May 30 at Snaresbrook Crown Court. ___________________________________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isn

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