Dislocated on Tuesday (10/04) criminal organization which committed thefts and scams with a financial benefit of over 170,000 euros. According to EL.AS4 members were arrested, including the leader, while the case file includes 17 people. The illegal financial benefit of the organization exceeds -170,000 euros.
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To degrade the organization took place in the morning hours Tuesday 8 April 2025in areas of Corinth and Attica, a coordinated police operation of the Directorate of Financial Crimes Prosecution, with the assistance of operational groups of the Organized Crime Management Division, which arrested -4 members of the organization, including the leader, were arrested.
At the expense of the detainees, as well as -17- still identified, a criminal case was filed for- as a case-by-case- criminal organization, frauds, distinguished thefts, forgery and weapons.
As it emerged from the investigations, the members had set up and joined the organization at least since February 2024, with constant and structured action, with the aim of continuing electronic deception, theft and forgery, to obtain illegal economic benefit. At the same time, they were active in legalizing revenue from their illegal activities, making a number of banking transactions.
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To methodology of their action (modus operandi), Members were posting on an online advertisement website as well as on a social networking platform through fake accounts, false ads of used cars, which were damaged, at lower prices than the rest of the market.
To achieve their goal, the posts used photos that were supplied online by other, already existing ads, and the same photos were recycled at regular intervals. In addition, in order to persuade their prospective victims, they were presented as owners of companies activity in vehicle trade.
In the event that a candidate buyer-victim of the organization was called to a contact phone that was listed in an ad, the members requested a money deposit for the transfer of the transfer.
Subsequently, with the payment of the amounts, they proceeded to take over most of the ATMs, with the final leader of the organization, resulting in legitimacy to the revenue.
At the same time, members were also active in other criminal offenses such as frauds, forgery, vehicle thefts and distinguished thefts from houses, under the organization and guidance of the leader.
As part of the business, overall found and seized:
- pistol with -14 -cartridges,
- -2- air guns,
- knife,
- mobile phones,
- -3.100-euro,
- -31- Abolly cartridges,
- -6- vehicles and
- Banking Proofs, Bank Account Booklets and bank cards
Of the investigations so far, 52 cases of fraud and -4- theft of houses and vehicles have been solved, while the organization’s illegal economic benefit exceeds -170,000 euros.
It is noted that three of the detainees have previously been employed for a number of similar offenses, with two of them serving prison sentences, while the leading member has shown highly offensive behavior during police checks, having even escaped a prison.
The detainees were taken to the competent prosecutor’s office.