Six members of the criminal group were arrested in Kifissia and Gerakas, while one more perpetrator has been identified and is being sought
A gang that systematically committed thefts from the homes of the elderly was dismantled by the Southeast Attica Security Sub-Directorate. Its members approached the elderly, impersonating municipal employees, and under the pretext of providing free fruit, invaded their homes.
In particular, six members of the criminal group were arrested in Kifissia and Gerakas, while one more perpetrator has been identified and is being sought.
A case file was filed against them for the establishment of a criminal organization that commits distinguished thefts by people who are organized with the purpose of committing thefts by complicity and in continuation, as well as, as the case may be, for violating the legislation on personal data and the evidentiary value of police identifications.
According to ELAS, since last June, the defendants had formed and joined a criminal group with continuous action and distinct, alternating, case by case, roles, while committing thefts from the homes of the elderly, obtaining a total of more than 50,000 euros.
In terms of their modus operandi, the defendants moving in van-type vehicles were looking for elderly people. As soon as they found their potential victim, they approached him and, pretending to be municipal employees offering free fruit, which they took to the homes of the elderly, they managed to break into them.
Immediately after, the defendants searched the premises and removed jewelry and sums of money.
From the preliminary investigation up to now, 10 cases of theft have been solved, using the same methodology, in the areas of Hellinikon, Alimos, Ilioupoli, Vari, Nea Ionia, Nea Philadelphia, Athens, Piraeus and Palaio Faliro.
From the searches carried out in the “business” vehicles of the perpetrators and in a house, crates of fruit, banknotes of various countries, jewelry, cameras and a recording device were found and confiscated.
The arrested were taken to the Criminal Prosecutor of Athens
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