The criminal organization had previously pursued drugstore owners across the country whose bank accounts were suddenly empty.

According to EL.AS., a group of 11 people, all gypsies, created an organization that turned to the owners of pharmacies and, with the help of fraudulent orders, achieved 638,693 euros!

In particular, the fraud was framed as follows: members of the group, posing as representatives of law enforcement agencies or the armed forces, placed orders over the phone for large quantities of pharmaceutical products. They then asked for the victims’ mobile phone number and bank account and sent them an SMS with a link that they were asked to follow. The link took the victims to an environment identical to the bank where the victims kept their accounts. By registering deceived professionals with their personal e-banking codes, the criminals gained access to electronically manage their bank accounts, making money transfers to other accounts they managed.

Then they constantly transferred money to new accounts in order to lose track, and thus managed to withdraw a total of more than 638,000 euros.