The Copenhagen City Court on Wednesday, August 16, sentenced a Russian citizen to three years in prison and deportation, who tried to force the Central Bank of Denmark to transfer more than $ 3 billion to him, Bloomberg reports with reference to the official website of the Danish police.
The verdict was issued in a case of attempted fraud under aggravating circumstances and forgery of documents. The defendant turned out to be a 53-year-old Russian citizen, whose name is not specified.
According to police, in October 2022, the man sent several emails to Danmarks Nationalbank (the Central Bank of Denmark), and also personally appeared there. He posed as a representative of an investment company and, using fake documents, tried to get the bank to pay or transfer $ 3.5 billion (almost 26 billion Danish kroner). The man was arrested on October 21, 2022 and was under arrest until sentencing.
The prosecutor called this case "unusual" and said that the Danish Central Bank quickly suspected the Russian of fraud and contacted the police, the Danish police said in a statement.
The verdict was issued in a case of attempted fraud under aggravating circumstances and forgery of documents. The defendant turned out to be a 53-year-old Russian citizen, whose name is not specified.
According to police, in October 2022, the man sent several emails to Danmarks Nationalbank (the Central Bank of Denmark), and also personally appeared there. He posed as a representative of an investment company and, using fake documents, tried to get the bank to pay or transfer $ 3.5 billion (almost 26 billion Danish kroner). The man was arrested on October 21, 2022 and was under arrest until sentencing.
The prosecutor called this case "unusual" and said that the Danish Central Bank quickly suspected the Russian of fraud and contacted the police, the Danish police said in a statement.
