Klaipėda fraud: two residents lost almost 14,000 euros from bank accounts
On 3 November, Klaipėda police launched two preliminary investigations into fraud – victims lost almost 14,000 euros in total.
Two scams in one day: almost 14,000 euros vanished from accounts in Klaipėda
On 3 November, Klaipėda police received two reports of funds unlawfully appropriated from bank accounts, according to klaipedaassutavim.lt. Total losses amount to 13,966.67 euros.
The first victim – a girl born in 2008 – stated that on the same day she attempted to access a potentially forged internet website. Following this action, 6,500 euros were fraudulently withdrawn from her bank account.
On the same day, a man born in 1975 approached Klaipėda city police station, noticing that 7,466.67 euros had been unlawfully appropriated from his accounts on multiple occasions.
According to data from Klaipėda district police headquarters, preliminary investigations were initiated in both cases under Article 182 of the Lithuanian Criminal Code for fraud.
So far, it has not been disclosed which specific website the girl victim used, under what circumstances the man lost money, or whether both cases may be related to each other.
Source: Google News LT — Crime (lt)