For months, a senior has repeatedly transferred large sums of money to Turkey in order to help suspected officers from the Federal Criminal Police Office make arrests. The perpetrators were apparently well informed about their victim.
His willingness to help cost an 80-year-old from Munich almost half a million euros. Since January, following calls from alleged employees of the Federal Criminal Police Office, he has repeatedly transferred sums of money to an account in Turkey – in the belief that he is helping officials to arrest the perpetrators. The fraud only came to light on Thursday, when a bank employee became aware of the man’s regular international transfers and informed the police.
What has puzzled the investigators so far: For reasons that have not yet been clarified, the perpetrators were apparently informed at all times about the account balance of the man, who, according to the police, probably had several accounts.
At first, the man who lives in Aubing was still suspicious and called the official number of the real Federal Criminal Police Office. The wrong police officers then immediately contacted him again and apparently convinced him that they were the right ones. With the admonition to keep to the agreed confidentiality.