After their arrest, "Get to know the most dangerous hacker gang in Egypt" White Sands

In a statement, the Egyptian security forces reported the arrest of what they described as the "most dangerous fraud gang" present on the Internet, which was previously known as the "White Sands Gang", in reference to the "White Sands" application they used in the fraud.

Here is everything you need to know about the "White Sands Gang", according to a statement by the Ministry of Interior:

White Sands is an application for which you pay a subscription at the beginning, in exchange for you to get huge amounts of money through some simple steps, such as watching or preparing videos, and following some pages on social networking sites.

The founders of "White Sands" deceived followers on social media that the subscription amount is simple, while the gains are many times that amount, which made some actually believe and pay the subscription price.

As soon as large numbers subscribed to the application, and took the initiative to implement the steps in pursuit of the dream of getting rich without misery, they found that they had built palaces on the sand, and their money was lost, as the founders of “White Sands” closed the application, without anyone earning a single pound, but these people only paid the subscription price .

The Egyptian security services intensified their efforts, until the gang was arrested.

The Ministry of Interior stated that the General Department for Combating Public Funds Crimes, in the Anti-Public Funds Crimes and Organized Crime Sector, the concerned agencies succeeded in solving the mystery of this application, and arrested its founders.

According to the statement, the managers of this application are 8 individuals, other than its founder, including a woman, and they were arrested in 3 governorates, by one of the accused who was present in Kafr El-Sheikh, urging citizens to subscribe to the application, and in return he receives a percentage of the collected money, And he created electronic money wallets to transfer money to them.

The defendants were seized with sums of money, bank transfers and real estate papers amounting to 3 million pounds, in addition to two thousand dollars, and their bank balances amounted to 20 million pounds, real estate assets amounting to 6 million pounds, and virtual currencies "Bitcoin" amounting to 2.8 million pounds.

Mobile phone chips that were linked to electronic wallets and an electronic bill printing machine were also seized, which the defendants used to deceive electronic payment companies of the legitimacy of cash deposits for subscribers to the application.