a few seconds agoSwitzerland: 81-year-old puts Kosovo in trap by luring it with fake gold bars
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)An 81-year-old woman in Maidan received a phone call on her phone from an unknown man Thursday, February 13th. Cyril's cantonal police have written in a statement Thursday that he was presented as a police detective. The stranger had told the woman a controversial story about alleged investigations [...]
The stranger had told the woman a spurious story about alleged investigation into thieves.
With further calls, including other unknown persons represented as bank employees or public prosecutors, they tried to win the old man's trust in a moderate way. They wanted to force him to withdraw enormous wealth from the bank.
The elderly, meanwhile, reported to the Cyril Cantonal Police and said she had received several calls from suspected frauds. The cheaters had instructed her to withdraw a large sum of money from her bank, to exchange part of the amount for gold bars, and to have it ready for collection, she attended. Periscope.
Tuesday's morning, alleged phone frauds have called the elderly again and have announced that they will come to collect gold and money worth tens of thousands of francs, writes 20 minutes.ch. She left a package at the door of her apartment as bait.
That evening after 5: 00 a.m., a man appeared and received the package that the elderly woman had left in front of the apartment door and left. Cyril cantonal police investigators were observing the previously unknown person. Finally, around 7:30. in Olten, they could observe him handing over the package containing the supposed spoils to another man.
Investigators arrested both persons, broadcast Albinfo. ch. The person who has transported the package from Meilen to Olten is a 54-year-old Kosovo, while one to whom the package has been delivered is a Swiss aged 28.
Both suspects have been brought to the public prosecution after questioning by police. The 81-year-old has not suffered financial damage.
