[General] culminate into

[shibli.aftab]

"According to charges filed by the US federal prosecutors in New York, eight persons have been indicted for participating in two worldwide cyber attacks culminating into a huge $ 45 million being withdrawn fraudulently from ATMs across the world in a matter of few hours earlier this year."

My question regarding above sentence are

1. Is it correct use of "culminating into"? I think "culminate" is always followed by "in".

2. Can we rephrase the above sentence as below without changing the meaning?

" According to charges filed by the US federal prosecutors in New York, eight persons have been indicted for participating in two worldwide cyber attacks culminating into a huge $ 45 million, which was withdrawn fraudulently from ATMs across the world in a matter of few hours earlier this year."


Please help me to answer above questions.
Thanks

 

[a_vee]

The question about "culminating into" is hard. I am a native speaker, and it is not an obvious mistake.

You are right, "culminating in" is the typical use.

"Being withdrawn" is very typical usage. That is normal.

I hope this helps.

 

[emsr2d2]

"According to charges filed by the US federal prosecutors in New York, eight persons have been indicted for participating in two worldwide cyber attacks culminating into a huge $ 45 million being withdrawn fraudulently from ATMs across the world in a matter of few hours earlier this year."

My question regarding above sentence are

1. Is it correct use of "culminating into"? I think "culminate" is always followed by "in".

2. Can we rephrase the above sentence as below without changing the meaning?

" According to charges filed by the US federal prosecutors in New York, eight persons have been indicted for participating in two worldwide cyber attacks culminating into a huge $ 45 million, which was withdrawn fraudulently from ATMs across the world in a matter of few hours earlier this year."


Please help me to answer above questions.
Thanks

I would say "culminate into" is incorrect. It should be "culminate in".
You can't change "culminated in $45 million being withdrawn" into "culminated in $45 million, which was". The cyber attacks didn't culminate in $45 million. It culminated in the withdrawal of $45 million.

 

[BobK]

:up: And 'being withdrawn' is not just 'typical'. It's what the cyber attacks culminated in. Your rewording is not an alternative; it's just wrong.

(I've jsu realized that this is precisely what emsr2d2 said (;-)), but I've left mine as either alternative wording may get through better.)

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[Route21]

Note to a_vee:

Advertising in posts, whether in a signature or elsewhere, breaches forum rules.

R21

 

[Tdol]

Advertising in posts, whether in a signature or elsewhere, breaches forum rules.

For me, if someone contributes genuinely to the forum and includes a link, that's fair play. If they're just posting links, it's irritating and will get deleted. I'd go for a mutual back scratching as OK.