UK student jailed for selling phishing kits linked to £100m of fraud

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UK student jailed for selling phishing kits linked to £100m of fraud

Ollie Holman created kits that mimicked charity and bank webpages so criminals could harvest victims’ personal details

A 21-year-old student who designed and distributed online kits linked to £100m worth of fraud has been jailed for seven years.

Ollie Holman created phishing kits that mimicked government, bank and charity websites so that criminals could harvest victims’ personal information to defraud them.

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