Police officers from three cities in North Rhine-Westphalia and Berlin searched buildings suspected of insurance fraud and money laundering. According to the police and the prosecutor’s office, the investigations are aimed at six suspects.
At the same time, police officers appeared Wednesday in several apartments and commercial properties in Duisburg, Essen, Düsseldorf and Berlin, a spokesman for the Duisburg police told the German news agency. The suspects are two women and four men aged between 19 and 61 years. According to information from security circles, some of them are attributed to the Al-Zein clan.
According to this, an insurance company with alleged water damage to a building in Berlin would have been scammed for the corresponding amount, a spokesman for the Duisburg prosecutor said on request. The damage would be around 200,000 euros. “We are also trying to protect assets,” he said. There were no arrests.
A Duisburg organized crime police unit is tasked with investigating the case. The operation involves the public prosecutor’s offices in Duisburg and Düsseldorf, the police forces of Düsseldorf and Essen, the State Criminal Police Office in Berlin and the main customs office in Düsseldorf. The authorities did not want to reveal how many agents were deployed.
The Lebanese clan is one of the largest in North Rhine-Westphalia. Police found folders with written documents relating to the insured event and data protected by laptops and cell phones for evaluation. In addition, cash in the four-figure range and jewelry are insured. Investigations are ongoing. (Dpa)
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