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Thessaloniki: Arrest of a young Turk for telephone scams in Germany

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According to the German authorities, he is involved in two cases of fraud, with a loss of 24,000 euros

A Turkish citizen was arrested in Thessaloniki in execution of a European warrant issued by the German judicial authorities, who accuse him of involvement in telephone scams on German soil with the method of the “monkey” policemen.

According to information, this is a 22-year-old man, who has already been taken to the Appeals Prosecutor’s Office of Thessaloniki to initiate his extradition request to Germany.

According to the prosecution documents, his unknown accomplices called unsuspecting German citizens pretending to be the police and allegedly claiming that they were at risk of falling prey to burglars. In order to receive police protection, they would have to hand over money, valuables and jewelry that they might have for safekeeping.

The German authorities implicate him in two cases of fraud, one attempted and one completed, the second with a loss of 24,000 euros. As it became known, the arrested man allegedly coordinated the callers and a woman who had the role of “collector”.

He denies the charges and remains in custody pending a German extradition request, he appears to have been in Greece recently, seeking asylum.

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