Two cases fraud two elderly women were investigated by the property protection department of the security department Thessalonikiat the request of the Bulgarian police authorities, through the Interpol DDAS department

Attackers in phone calls to the homes of elderly women, posing as doctors or police officers, managed to catch their victims by surprise and, causing them to panic, break down resistance and extort sums of 7300 and 2000 respectively. , which were captured by the Bulgarian authorities and must be returned to them.

As part of the preliminary investigation, data were established on two criminals, against whom a criminal case was initiated on a criminal organization, committing fraud and attempted crime. This is a 29-year-old foreigner, the leader of a criminal organization and one of the perpetrators who made the phone calls, and a 36-year-old compatriot, a member of the organization that received money from the victims.

Further investigation by the police identified six such fraud cases, from which the perpetrators managed to extract cash totaling 106,150 euros and gold jewelry worth 17,000 euros, while five of them were attempted to seize a total amount of 132,550 euros. The case will be sent correctly.

SOURCE: THESSALONIKI POLICE GENERAL DEPARTMENT