Salzburg: Fraudster accused of withdrawing over €100,000 using forged identity documents
A 55-year-old man must face court in Salzburg after allegedly using forged documents to gain access to foreign accounts and stealing over €100,000.
Salzburg: Fraudster accused of withdrawing over €100,000 using forged identity documents
A 55-year-old man must face court in Salzburg after allegedly using forged documents to gain access to foreign accounts and stealing over €100,000. The ORF was the first to report the case. The fraud was only discovered after several successful transactions had taken place. If convicted, the defendant faces up to ten years in prison.
The public prosecutor's office accuses the man of appearing at a total of twelve financial institutions and posing as the legitimate account holder. Using forged identity documents, he persuaded the bank clerks to hand over cash to him. How the suspect managed to deceive the bank employees without a valid account number or card remains unclear.
The man's strategy proved highly lucrative: according to the charges, he received sums of between €5,000 and €10,000 in cash with each individual transaction. In total, he attempted to obtain almost €130,000 in this manner. In eleven cases, the banks' control mechanisms failed – the employees paid out a total of €109,000. Only one credit institution became suspicious in time and refused to make the withdrawal.
Source: salzburg24
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