2024-06-21 17:51:33
A girl from Bulgaria, who was arrested in Ioannina as a member of a hoop of phone scams, was despatched to jail once more, and her case was heard on Tuesday, June 18, on the Three-member Court docket of Felony Appeals of Ioannina.
And within the case of Bulgara, who had the position of “collector”, the ring used the now well-known technique of exerting psychological strain on aged folks, who’re satisfied to pay massive sums of cash, to ensure that their kin to both keep away from jail, resulting from that they have been allegedly concerned in a deadly visitors accident killing a minor baby, or to bear surgical procedure instantly resulting from the truth that they themselves have been allegedly victims of a visitors accident.
On this specific case, the perpetrators defrauded seven residents in the identical variety of cities in Greece from July to September 2024, together with Kavala, Larissa and Volos, illegally accumulating the full quantity of 170,000 euros. The final unsuccessful fraud try befell in Ioannina, the place the perpetrators sought to acquire an quantity of greater than 100,000 euros, however fortunately they didn’t succeed.
After a coordinated investigation by the police authorities, one of many perpetrators, of Bulgarian origin, was arrested in September 2023, who, after leaving Ioannina, sought to return to Bulgaria, however so far none of her accomplices have been recognized. on account of which the case was placed on file for the opposite perpetrators within the absence of proof.
The Court docket sentenced the accused to eight years’ imprisonment for the offenses of felony fraud, collectively and severally, and group in a gang for the aim of committing felonies, with none mitigating circumstances, with the consequence that she might be despatched again to jail, the place he was held after the interrogation.
Value mentioning, nonetheless, is that the court docket determined to reopen the case for the remaining members of the ring, which apparently continues its actions with different “collectors”. This reality was additionally famous as necessary by the advocate of one of many victims and supporters of the accusation, Konstantinos Mersinias, in his assertion to H.A. “My principal, from whom the perpetrators illegally extorted the quantity of 105,000 euros, skilled, at the very least partial, ethical satisfaction from the Court docket’s resolution, however so far she has not been compensated, at the very least minimally, financially, because the defendant has not reveal neither the small print of the opposite perpetrators nor the place the cash has ended up. Nonetheless, the Court docket, at our request and following new proof that emerged throughout the listening to, determined to reopen the case for the opposite perpetrators as properly, in order that the mandatory investigative actions, which didn’t happen throughout the preliminary investigation, could possibly be carried out, with the goal of full disruption of the group. From this case in addition to from related instances, the duty of the State to make the most of and enhance the probabilities of judicial help and cooperation with authorities of different states emerges, because the motion of those legal organizations is now cross-border and extremely skilled”, he says in a press release .