On 17 May, a resident of Gryfów Śląski reported to the District Police Headquarters in Lwówek Śląski. She said that when she wanted to take out a cash loan, she was informed by the bank that... she was burdened with numerous loans totalling more than PLN 50,000.
As the woman had not taken out any liabilities either from banks or online, she immediately went to the police station.
The officers began cooperating with the banks, and operational activities were also launched.
Within just a few days, the first information came in. The officers determined where and when the loans had been taken out. Analysis of documentation, bank statements, surveillance footage and witness testimony enabled the criminal investigators to establish that the fraudsters were operating in the area around Gryfów.
KPP Lwówek Śląski:
After confirming a series of details, officers from the local police station decided to search apartments in the centres of Gryfów and Lubań simultaneously.
In Gryfów, a 27-year-old woman who lived there and was well known to law enforcement was arrested. At her residence, police officers found and secured a large quantity of stolen so-called collectors’ identity cards, as well as SIM cards, bank documents, expensive jewellery and electronics.
The book lying on the bedside cabinet of the arrested woman brought smiles to the police officers’ faces. It was a guide on how to... steal.
The situation was similar in Lubań. There, too, criminal investigators secured a substantial number of active phones and stolen identity cards, driving licences and other documents. A 41-year-old resident of the town was also arrested.
By court decision, the suspects were remanded in custody for three months. It turned out that the pair had committed several dozen frauds and fraudulently obtained a substantial number of loans across Poland.
Police officers are currently establishing all the circumstances of the case.