The “collectors” forwarded the money to the members of the Bulgaria ring, either by road or via buses, hidden in other items.
A criminal organization that carried out frauds and extortions through telephone calls against elderly people, in various prefectures of the country, was dismantled by the Piraeus Security sub-directorate.
The allegations used by the members of the ring to attract the attention of their elderly victims and cause them emotional disturbance were injury of their relative in a traffic accident, involvement and fault of their relative in a traffic accident, etc.
The ring, which operated from a city in Bulgaria, had managed to extort at least 300,000 euros from the victims.
For the case, two foreigners have been arrested in Metaxourgeio, aged 67 and 54, and twelve members of the ring have been identified, against whom a case file has been filed for criminal organization, extortion and fraud.
The arrested women were taken to the Criminal Prosecutor of Piraeus.
The Security Directorate of Piraeus has taken the necessary actions and has developed cooperation with competent authorities for the arrest of the members who are in the foreign country, while from the investigation so far, 21 cases of fraud-extortion have been discovered in Attica, Achaia, Messinia, Halkidiki and Thessaloniki.
How the circuit worked
According to the Police, the members of the organization located in Bulgaria were recruiting “collector” members through misleading ads posted on social media, then enlisting them in the role of receiving money from the elderly.
Then the “collectors” forwarded them to the members of the Bulgarian ring, either by road or via buses, hidden in other objects.
The phone connections they used were from companies in other countries so that they could not be identified. In addition, after each extortion scam was completed, they would replace them with other connections.
In a search carried out in the homes of the arrested women, the following were found and confiscated: 6 mobile phones and SIM cards, handwritten notes with locations, dates and amounts, receipts from money transfer companies destined for Bulgaria and the sum of 400 euros.
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