Employees of the Riga Ziemel Police Department, responding to a complaint about fraud, the victim of which lost 25,000 euros, detained a so-called “money mule” - a courier working for swindlers - in the Jugla microdistrict.
The police found a large number of bank cards for third parties and more than 10,000 euros in cash from the detainee, the structure reports.
On January 13, the Riga Ziemel Police Department began a criminal trial for fraud. The victim told police that she received a call from someone claiming to be a bank security officer, who claimed that fraudsters had accessed her account.
Literally a moment later, another person called, who introduced himself as Latvian police chief Armand Rooks and demanded to provide him with information about his bank account in order to thus prevent fraud.
The scammer acted so convincingly that the woman believed him and provided all the information, and also installed the AnyDesk program on her mobile device, with the help of which the criminals connected to her phone and bank account. The scam callers then convinced their victim to hand over €25,000 in cash to the courier.
A criminal trial was launched into this fact, and on January 15, in the Yugla microdistrict, the police were able to detain a courier associated with a criminal group of telephone scammers. The detainee is a citizen of Poland; during the check, a large number of foreign bank cards were found on him. It is worth noting that the owners of these cards have already contacted the police regarding fraudulent actions taken against them. The money mule was found to have more than 10,000 euros in cash.
The police found a large number of bank cards for third parties and more than 10,000 euros in cash from the detainee, the structure reports.
On January 13, the Riga Ziemel Police Department began a criminal trial for fraud. The victim told police that she received a call from someone claiming to be a bank security officer, who claimed that fraudsters had accessed her account.
Literally a moment later, another person called, who introduced himself as Latvian police chief Armand Rooks and demanded to provide him with information about his bank account in order to thus prevent fraud.
The scammer acted so convincingly that the woman believed him and provided all the information, and also installed the AnyDesk program on her mobile device, with the help of which the criminals connected to her phone and bank account. The scam callers then convinced their victim to hand over €25,000 in cash to the courier.
A criminal trial was launched into this fact, and on January 15, in the Yugla microdistrict, the police were able to detain a courier associated with a criminal group of telephone scammers. The detainee is a citizen of Poland; during the check, a large number of foreign bank cards were found on him. It is worth noting that the owners of these cards have already contacted the police regarding fraudulent actions taken against them. The money mule was found to have more than 10,000 euros in cash.
