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Young man sentenced for defrauding 22 elderly people

From DR Nyheder · () Danish

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

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News Official statement Outcome reported
  • A 21-year-old man from Copenhagen admitted in Roskilde District Court to helping defraud 22 people aged between 69 and 93.
  • He and accomplices posed as bank or police officials and obtained victims’ payment cards, codes and large amounts of cash.
  • He admitted fraud totaling 304,000 kroner and received a one-year-and-three-month unconditional prison sentence.

A 21-year-old man from Copenhagen has admitted helping defraud 22 people aged between 69 and 93, according to a press release from Midt- and West Zealand Police.

The man posed as someone from a bank or the police. Working with accomplices, he persuaded victims to hand over payment cards, PIN codes and substantial cash sums.

In Roskilde District Court, he admitted fraud totaling 304,000 kroner. The court sentenced him to one year and three months in unconditional prison.

During the hearing, he explained that he wanted the money to spoil his new girlfriend.

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Originally published by DR Nyheder 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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