Two Arrested in Bucharest for Robbing Intoxicated Tourist, Allegedly Transferring 10,000 Euros

Bucharest authorities have arrested two individuals suspected of robbing a foreign tourist in the city's historic Old Town. The victim, reportedly heavily intoxicated, was allegedly approached by the suspects who then led him to an apartment where they stole his bank cards, money, and watch.

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From the evidence gathered so far, it has emerged that, during the day of May 2, two of the defendants, respectively a man and a woman, took advantage of the evident state of intoxication and vulnerability of an injured person, a foreign citizen, caused by alcohol consumption.

Prosecutors investigating the case revealed that the two suspects, a man and a woman, took advantage of the tourist's vulnerable state on May 2. After the tourist had visited several establishments in the Old Town, the pair escorted him to an apartment belonging to one of the suspects. There, they illicitly took possession of his belongings.

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Thus, after the injured person had previously been in the Old Town area, including in several establishments, the two defendants approached him in the central area of Bucharest and led him to a building located in the same area, in an apartment used by one of the defendants.

Adding to the alleged crime, the suspects reportedly accessed the tourist's mobile banking application and initiated a fraudulent transfer of 10,000 euros from his account to an account held by a third suspect. This amount was automatically converted into 51,628.86 Romanian lei. Subsequently, 3,800 lei were withdrawn in cash from the third suspect's account.

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On the background of the state the injured person was in, the two defendants unlawfully appropriated several of his belongings, namely bank and transport cards, an amount of foreign currency, a watch.

The third individual is accused of actively aiding the criminal activity by providing his bank account for the illicit transfer and subsequent cash withdrawals. A Bucharest court has ordered the preventive arrest of all three suspects as the investigation into qualified theft, illegal access to computer systems, and fraudulent financial operations continues.

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Subsequently, from the bank account opened in the name of the third defendant, the sum of 3,800 lei was withdrawn in cash.