They were hunted down, after the immediate mobilization of his police officers Florina Security Departmenta total of four cases of telephone fraud, of which one committed and three attempted, committed yesterday (25-05-2024), in the wider area of ​​Florina.

After an organized operation by the aforementioned police officers, a 54-year-old foreigner was arrested yesterday (25-05-2024) at midday in the area of ​​Florina, while the identification of two (2) more of his accomplices is being sought, against whom a case file was filed for the crime of conspiracy to commit fraud.

Specifically, yesterday (25-05-2024) at noon, an unknown man and an unknown woman called a 77-year-old resident of Florina, pretending, the man to be the “doctor” and the woman to be a friend of hers and under the pretense that this person needed immediate surgery, they managed to deceive her and extract the sum of 4,780 euros, which the 54-year-old received.

A police operation was immediately organized, during which police officers of the Florina Security Department located and arrested the 54-year-old man in the area of ​​Florina, in whose possession the sum of 4,780 euros, two mobile phones, two sim cards, as well as the I.X.E. car he was riding in.

In addition, the two unknown persons tried in an identical way to defraud three more citizens in the wider area of ​​Florina.

The amount of money was confiscated and given to the 77-year-old woman.

The arrested person with the file against him will be taken to the Criminal Prosecutor of Florina.