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

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.In one case a kit was used to mimic a charity’s donation webpage so when someone tried to give money, their card details were taken and used by criminals.Holman, of Eastcote in north-west London, created and s...

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