In the hands of the Lamia Security Sub-Directorate, is a couple from Lamia allegedly involved in the fraud against an elderly woman last week.

Behind the well-maintained road car accident fraud and the need for the help of a relative, in which the elderly woman fell victim, the police identified a 46-year-old woman, who according to the report of LamiaReport was the one who collected the bag that the elderly woman threw to her from the balcony.

Her 54-year-old husband was also arrested for the case, as together they transported the sum of money to Athens, which they handed over to another female accomplice. The 54-year-old allegedly told police he believed he was acting on behalf of a legal company from Bulgaria, for which his wife would collect for a fixed fee.

The couple will be taken to the Lamia First Instance Prosecutor’s Office in order to apologize, while the investigation by the Lamia Public Prosecutor’s Office continues.

The official announcement of GEPAD of Central Greece:

The Lamia Security Sub-Directorate, as part of a methodical investigation, immediately solved a case of fraud against an elderly woman, which was committed in the morning hours of 11-11-2023 in Lamia.

For this case, two persons, a man and a woman, members of a criminal group, were identified, who were identified by police officers of the Lamia Security Sub-Directorate, yesterday (11-15-2023) in the area of ​​Lamia and arrested.

In addition, two more people, a man and a woman, whose identities are being investigated, are wanted, accomplices of the arrested, who undertook to call their potential victim.

In particular, the unknown perpetrators, pretending to be the doctor and a relative of the elderly woman respectively, called her and under the pretext that her relative was seriously injured and needed immediate surgery, they demanded a sum of money from her.

Then, taking advantage of her surprise, they convinced her to place the sum of (8,400) euros in a plastic bag and then throw it from the balcony of her house, where the arrested woman was waiting, who, after extracting the money, then together with the arrested, they took them to an area of ​​Attica, in order to deliver them to their accomplices.

In a lawful search carried out in the house of the arrested, the clothes worn by the woman, during the execution of their illegal act, were found and confiscated, as well as a sum of money.

The investigation continues in order to fully determine the action of the criminal group, as well as all the involved members – their accomplices.

The preliminary investigation is being carried out by the Lamia Security Sub-Directorate, while those arrested will be taken to the Lamia First Instance Prosecutor’s Office.