An elderly woman threw 20,000 euros from a balcony

Fake doctors who called an elderly resident of Patras managed to deceive her, receiving a total of 20,000 euros.

In a telephone conversation that the criminals had with the old woman, under the pretext that her daughter needed an urgent operation, they managed to persuade her to give them a large amount of money.

According to information ethnos.gr, the criminals, showing their social sensitivity and not wanting to bother the elderly woman going up and down the stairs of the house, asked her to put the money in a bag and throw it from the balcony to a person who would come up and pick it up. The incident was reported to the police, and an investigation is underway to locate and apprehend those responsible.

As Russian Athens wrote earlier, this type of fraud is thriving, despite the detention of criminals.

More than 280,000 euros, gold coins and jewelry were fraudulently “extorted” by members of a criminal organization, mainly from elderly people, whom they called under the pretext that their relatives had been in a car accident or needed urgent surgery.

The Thessaloniki Police Department investigated numerous cases of deception of unsuspecting citizens that took place in October 2021. During the investigation, a 60-year-old foreigner was detained. Against her, as well as three other accomplices, a criminal case was initiated on the creation of a criminal organization and fraud.

What did the police investigation reveal?

Since mid-October 2021, criminals have united in a group and pretended to be doctors or law enforcement officers, choosing elderly people as their victims. Using “theatrical techniques” (dramatic voice, genuine sympathy, etc.), the attackers managed to overcome any doubt of citizens in order to get various amounts of money or valuables from them.

Using this method, the criminals managed to deceive the elderly in 18 cases recorded in Thessaloniki, Giannitsa, Kavala and Veria, and enriched themselves with a total of 286,400 euros, seized 49 gold sovereigns, as well as jewelry worth at least 20,000 euros.

During a search in the house of a 60-year-old woman, a resident of the Chalcedon district, nine mobile phones, 4 SIM cards, and some cash were found and confiscated. The detainee was delivered to the prosecutor’s office.

The Thessaloniki Police Department investigated numerous cases of deception of unsuspecting citizens that took place in October 2021. During the investigation, a 60-year-old foreigner was detained. Against her, as well as three other accomplices, a criminal case was initiated on the creation of a criminal organization and fraud.

What did the police investigation reveal?

Since mid-October 2021, criminals have united in a group and pretended to be doctors or law enforcement officers, choosing elderly people as their victims. Using “theatrical techniques” (dramatic voice, genuine sympathy, etc.), the attackers managed to overcome any doubt of citizens in order to get various amounts of money or valuables from them.

Using this method, the criminals managed to deceive the elderly in 18 cases recorded in Thessaloniki, Giannitsa, Kavala and Veria, and enriched themselves with a total of 286,400 euros, seized 49 gold sovereigns, as well as jewelry worth at least 20,000 euros.

During a search in the house of a 60-year-old woman, a resident of the Chalcedon district, nine mobile phones, 4 SIM cards, and some cash were found and confiscated. The detainee was delivered to the prosecutor’s office.

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