The scams took place from last Saturday to Thursday, when the five elderly people were contacted by phone by an unknown man pretending to be a doctor and asked them for money, allegedly to undergo surgery on their relatives.
Four of the five seniors handed over the money and valuables to the “collector”, who then handed them over to his accomplice.
After the complaint of the fifth elderly man, an operation was organized on Thursday and on Friday he was arrested by police officers of Xanthi Security and the Avdira department and the accomplice, it turned out, was also involved in another fraud against an elderly woman in the area of Rodopi, on July 1.
8,100 euros and a car were confiscated from the possession of the two perpetrators. car they were using and they were taken to the District Attorney of Kavala who prosecuted them for criminal organization and fraud.
The investigation continues to identify their accomplices and to fully investigate their actions.
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