Investment fraudsters defrauded resident of Anykščiai and Klaipėda resident of 74.7 thousand euros
Police have opened a pre-trial investigation into fraud in two cases – in Anykščiai and Klaipėda. In total, the victims lost more than 74.7 thousand euros.
Fake investment platform defrauded tens of thousands of euros
LRT reports that fraudsters deceived residents of Anykščiai and Klaipėda, defrauding them of more than 74.7 thousand euros – police announced this on Saturday.
Kaunas District Police received a statement from a woman born in 1954. She stated that on 14 July in Anykščiai, on A. Vienuolio Street, she connected to the online investment platform "Brondesbury Global" and downloaded an application to her phone. The victim said she communicated in Russian with a so-called "investment specialist" – she soon discovered that 51 thousand 838 euros had been illegally withdrawn from her bank account.
Klaipėda officers, for their part, received a statement from a man: from 18 December of last year until 9 August of this year, he transferred 22 thousand 927 euros to specified accounts on several occasions, believing he was an investor.
In both cases, a pre-trial investigation into fraud has been opened.
Source: LRT