In the hands of EL.AS. organization involved in 265 fraud cases- How they acted

There are 265 cases of deception of citizens searched by the police of the Corinth Security Department, after the dismemberment criminal organization operating in many parts of the country, from March 2020 to May 2021.

Eight people, aged between 18 and 58, as well as a minor, are charged in these cases, against whom a criminal case and fraud case has been filed, while three of the above accused are already in custody. imprisoned for similar offenses.

According to the police, the members of the criminal organization initially found their way to the internet. Posted for sale ads products, and then contacted the vendors – their victims.

Soon after, pretending to be potential buyers, they persuaded the sellers to make the corresponding money transaction, through a specific electronic application. At the same time, taking advantage of the ignorance of the victims regarding the operation of this application, they managed to distract them on average from 200 to 600 eurosper case.

In fewer cases, always under the same pretext, they managed to detach themselves from the citizens – their victims web-banking codeswhere they then gained access to their electronic bank accounts and transferred money to the accounts managed by the defendants.

Also, in other cases, the defendants created fake profiles on vehicle sales websites.

In particular, they appeared as sellers, with the result that interested buyers contacted them. They were then persuaded to deposit in bank accounts, sums of money, as alleged advances or invoice expenses, etc.

The police investigation so far revealed that the defendants had committed a total of 265 cases of fraud, gaining illegal property gain in excess of 240,000 euros.

The case file was submitted to the Corinth Prosecutor of First Instance, while the Corinth Security Department continues the investigations into the case.

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