The 30-year-old resident of Legnica sent cash-on-delivery packages to large companies. They contained items of very low value, such as tissues or a sponge. Most importantly, however, no one had ordered the packages in question.
To be able to collect the money from the paid-for packages in person at a post office, the woman opened a special bank account. The cash-on-delivery amounts were approximately PLN 100.
The woman from Legnica had been carrying out the scheme for approximately three months. She counted on no one noticing at a large company, where a considerable amount of various correspondence is received every day, that these particular packages had not been ordered.
However, when the Legnica police officers from the Department for Combating Economic Crime took up the case, the matter came to light. The 30-year-old woman's criminal scheme was stopped, and she herself was arrested.
The 30-year-old resident of Legnica confessed to the crime. She explained that her difficult financial situation had driven her to commit the offenses.
She now faces up to eight years in prison.