The man has now been convicted of defrauding 15 people for more than NOK 1.3 million.
The now 20-year-old man was only 18 years old when he started the scam he is now convicted of. In total, he defrauded 15 people for 1.35 million kroner. In one case, he took out a 300,000 kroner loan from a person, and tried to drain the victim’s account for half a million.
– Overall, the frauds have caused significant financial damage or danger to this and affected a large number of different people, the Oslo District Court writes in the judgment. The young man has been sentenced to 22 months in prison for the fraud, but also for threatening to kill a woman.
His lawyer, Usama Ahmad, tells Nettavisen that the young man has largely acknowledged the fraud, but that he has not had the central role in the fraud that the prosecution and the court have attributed to him.
– We believe the investigation has been subjective, where the prosecution’s investigation has only focused on my client as the perpetrator, some money tracks abroad or that a large part of the money has been taken out in cash has not been investigated at all. We believe it has not been investigated in the direction that my client may have had a smaller role than what the prosecution has intended from the outset in the case and the consequence of this is that he is now charged alone and sentenced somewhat more severely than if the investigation had been more objective. This is the reason why he has now chosen to appeal the verdict, says Ahmad.
Said he was from the police
The young man has largely acknowledged the fraud. The mode was the same for very many of the scams. The man called private individuals and lied to them that he was calling from various companies or the police.
He then tricked the victims into giving out personal information so that he could misuse their accounts, or use the victims’ Vipps. Among other things, the man has changed the contact number on Bank ID, so that he could log in to their online banks and take out a loan in the victims’ names.
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The money was transferred to various accounts, and often to other people who have thus been involved in the fraud at one level or another.
Victims received debt collection claims and payroll deductions
Several of the victims in the criminal case, explained that they had been persecuted by creditors who wanted their money back. These are people who have been held financially responsible for loans that the scammer has taken out in their name.
– Those of the aggrieved who have had credit debt taken up in their name have, for example, explained themselves about debt collection claims, repayment plans, salary deductions and more, the district court writes.
The online newspaper has previously written a number of cases about bankID fraud. In several cases, victims have been held responsible for debts recorded in their name, because they are held responsible for sharing codes and other personal information with others.
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– In assessing the seriousness of the fraud, in addition to the financial scope, significant emphasis must be placed on the fact that there is a significant number of frauds, committed against private individuals, and who are exposed to serious prior identity theft. Relationships have led to financial and practical strains for the offended, as well as psychological strain for many.
Here are the scams the man has been convicted of:
The article continues during Nettavisen’s informal survey.
Wednesday 13 March 2019: Took telephone contact with a woman and pretended to be from the police. He was given her birth and social security number as well as a code from her bank code chip. He then misused the information to deposit a transfer of 9800 kroner from her account. The transfer was averted by the woman.
Monday, March 23, 2019: Called a man and pretended to be from Klarna. He received his birth number and information about bankID. He then transferred NOK 9,800 to an acquaintance’s account, which withdrew the money in cash.
Thursday, March 28, 2019: Called a woman and pretended to be from OneCall and was given codes from the bank code chip and information that he used to transfer 29,000 kroner from the victim’s account to an acquaintance. The woman contacted the bank and had the money returned.
Wednesday 17 April 2019: Called a woman and pretended to call from Ice.net. He was given the code from her bank code chip and telephone number linked to Vipps. He then transferred NOK 19,300 to an acquaintance, and tried to transfer another NOK 9,000.
Friday, May 10, 2019: Called a woman and pretended to be from the police. He threatened and pressured her to enter the code from her bank code chip and telephone number linked to Vipps. He then transferred a total of 33,609 kroner to several different people.
Thursday 6 June 2019: Called a man and pretended to be from Vipps. He received information that he used to tip 12969 to “Netonnet” for the purchase of a mobile phone for a named person.
Wednesday 10 July 2019: Called a man and pretended to be from the police, was given an account number, card number, CVC code, codes from the bank code chip and birth number. He used this to drain his bank accounts for a total of NOK 65,690.
Friday 19 July 2019: Called a man and pretended to be from the police. He was given a social security number, account number, bank card number, CVC code and codes from the bank code chip. He then misused the information to transfer a total of 41150 kroner to various accounts
Wednesday 25 September 2019: The woman herself did not remember that she was called by the man, but he received information from her so that a total of NOK 62945 kroner was transferred from her accounts.
Before Tuesday 3 December 2019: Acquired information that enabled him to transfer 35,000 kroner from the person’s account, to another named person to whom he also had control of the accounts. The money was then taken out in cash.
Friday 17 January 2020: Contacted a man on the phone and pretended to be the bank. He received information that enabled him to take out a loan of NOK 105,000 in the victim’s name. The money was distributed from the victim’s account.
Thursday 13 February 2020: Contacted the person and pretended to be from the police. He pressured the person to hand over information about bank ID and social security number. He then misused the bank ID in an attempt to transfer NOK 500,000 from an account to which the victim had access. The attempt was discovered and stopped by the bank.
Tuesday, March 3, 2020: Pretended to be from the police, and was given bank card information which he used in an attempt to transfer 16,750 kroner from the victim. The attempt was stopped by the bank.
Tuesday, March 3, 2020: Contacted a man on the phone and pretended to be from the police. He was given the victim’s passport number. He then misused his account information and / or identity by changing the contact number of his bank ID to another telephone number. Then he lost the account for a total of 53062 kroner.
Monday 30 March 2020: Pretended to be a police officer and was given a birth number, account number and code from the bank code chip. He then misused the information to transfer money from his account, and take out a number of consumer loans totaling NOK 318798 kroner.
In addition, the man has been convicted of threatening a landlord with his life. In connection with a tenancy, the landlord had not received the house key back. The landlord contacted the man several times to get the key. Instead of getting the key, the man said “I will cut off your fingers” and “I will come and kill you”.
The man has denied having made the threats, but has not been believed by the Oslo District Court.
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