The Jelenia Góra District Prosecutor’s Office is conducting an investigation into a group of fraudsters who, using the “CBŚ officer” method, defrauded, among others, nearly PLN 800,000 from a resident of Lubań.
Investigators:
Four more people involved in the scheme have now been detained and charged.
The perpetrators misled the woman, convincing her that her actions were helping in a secret operation conducted by the special services. She provided the fraudsters with data enabling access to her bank account via the Internet. After logging into her account, they made transfers totaling PLN 797,000 to other bank accounts opened specifically for this purpose. The scheme continued from February to May 2020.
In May, the Prosecutor’s Office reported the detention and temporary arrest of one of the perpetrators, as well as charges and preventive measures against other people involved in the scheme. Prosecutors:
Four more suspects were detained recently. Three men and one woman, aged between 21 and 28, are residents of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship; one of them is a Swedish citizen. They recruited other people who, on the suspects’ instructions, opened bank accounts into which the money defrauded from the victim was subsequently transferred. Ultimately, the funds obtained in this way were withdrawn from ATMs in the United Kingdom. One of those detained was also responsible for collecting packages containing money from people whose identities have not yet been established and passing them on to other suspects.
The detainees were charged with participation in an organized criminal group and with jointly committing fraud resulting in the loss of property of considerable value. The suspects who have been temporarily detained for three months could face between one and as many as ten years in prison.
The investigation is ongoing.