A 53-year-old resident of Wałbrzych came to the Lubin police headquarters. He informed the officers that his car had been stolen. He described in detail the circumstances in which the vehicle was allegedly lost. He identified the area of the car market as the place where the theft had occurred.
Criminal investigators took up the case. The officers questioned the circumstances in which the car was allegedly stolen. Step by step, they analyzed the facts provided by the reporting party and the car market’s surveillance footage. Their findings unequivocally confirmed that the car had not been lost and that the report was fictitious.
The police established that the Wałbrzych resident’s car had broken down. The cost of repairing it was too high. The man tried to sell the vehicle but could not find a buyer. He then decided to claim compensation under his comprehensive insurance. However, in such a situation, the vehicle would have had to be stolen. The 53-year-old therefore came up with the idea that a car market would be the best place. He assumed that a large number of cars passed through there and that he would be able to conceal the fact that the vehicle had not actually been stolen.
There will be no compensation, and the man who filed the report must now expect criminal liability. Reporting a crime that was not committed is punishable by up to three years in prison.
The officers continue to clarify the circumstances of the entire case and do not rule out further arrests. This is another—proven this year—case of a reported fictitious car theft.
KPP Lubin/ii