Brokerage Employee Arrested for Trying to Sell Clients Data: Cyprus Mail
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 11:32 am
Cypriot newspaper Cyprus Mail is reporting that a female brokerage employee aged 36 has been detailed by the police in Limassol after trying to sell proprietary customer information to a third party.
The management team of the brokerage has identified the prospective risks after spotting that the employee has copied the data to an external flash drive. The company has informed authorities, which have staged an exchange with the employee, promising to pay her €6,500.
After a meeting was arranged in a cafeteria in Limassol, where the envelope with the money was handed to the suspect. The employee was detained by police ... (read more)