Two cases of fraud were solved after thorough investigations by the police in Orestiada. Specifically, a foreigner was arrested by the police yesterday in the Akriti city, against whom a case file was filed for the offenses of founding and participating in a criminal organization and fraud. The relevant case file also includes other accomplices who are wanted.

According to the investigation, it was established that the perpetrators called the victims by phone pretending to be hospital doctors and under the pretext that their relative has been involved in a traffic accident and needs immediate surgery, they demanded sums of money for the provision of their services.

Finally, the perpetrators succeeded in deceiving a citizen, convincing her to collect money and then hand it over at a predetermined point to the above-arrested perpetrator, while they also tried to defraud another citizen, without ultimately succeeding.

After an organized police operation, policemen of the security sub-directorate of Orestiada they arrested the above foreign perpetrator, who had gone outside the victim’s house that his accomplices had indicated and received money which were confiscated and returned to their rightful owner. In addition, among other things, a vehicle as a means of committing criminal acts and a mobile phone found in the possession of the perpetrator were confiscated.

The arrested person will be taken to the District Attorney of Orestiada, while the police investigation continues to identify the perpetrator’s accomplices and ascertain their possible involvement in committing similar crimes.