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Man jailed for defrauding elderly victims to spoil his new girlfriend

From Berlingske · () Danish

Translated from Danish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire Official statement Outcome reported
  • A 21-year-old Copenhagen man received a one-year-and-three-month prison sentence for helping defraud 25 people aged 69 to 93.
  • The victims lost a combined 304,000 kroner after the man and accomplices posed as police officers or bank employees and collected cards, codes, cash and jewelry.
  • The case also included seven attempted frauds that did not result in money being taken.

A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to one year and three months in prison after helping defraud 25 elderly people of a combined 304,000 kroner.

The man, from Copenhagen, admitted the fraud at Roskilde District Court and said he needed the money to spoil his new girlfriend. He and his accomplices posed as police officers or bank employees and persuaded elderly victims to hand over payment cards and codes.

In several cases, the victims also gave them large amounts of cash and jewelry, Midt- and West Zealand Police said in a press release. The man’s role was to act as a bank courier who visited the elderly people at their homes.

The case against him also covered seven attempted frauds in which the group failed to obtain money.

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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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