Europe-Wide Raid Against Call Center Fraud Gang

The state criminal police offices from Lower Austria, Upper Austria, and Tyrol were involved in the Europe-wide raid against the call center fraud ring. Investigators in Dresden reported that three arrest warrants were executed. The public prosecutor's office and the Saxon State Criminal Police Office are investigating in a Europe-wide case against over 170 suspects for commercial and organized fraud as well as money laundering in more than 30,000 cases.

Blow Against Call Center Fraud Ring: Suspects Posed as Bank Employees

The accused are said to have posed as bank employees or police officers. They allegedly forged collection letters, fake court orders and reminders, supposed gambling winnings, and engaged in targeted money laundering activities, particularly harming elderly people at home and abroad. During the raid on Tuesday, over 35 residential and business premises of 39 accused individuals in Germany, Greece, Austria, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia were searched. As an interim result, two Greeks and a Turk were arrested, according to investigators in Dresden.

(APA/Red)

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