OSLO DISTRICT COURT (Nettavisen): On Thursday 10 August last year, an elderly woman in eastern Norway received a phone call from someone pretending to be from the police.
“You are open to ongoing fraud”, was the surprising message the woman received.
With help, however, it was promised that the police would be able to stop the ongoing fraud.
But Gerd, because that was the woman’s name, had to cooperate closely with the police.
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Moved 1.7 million
“Olga scams”, they are often called, cases where scammers call old people by names that were very popular here in Norway 70-80 years ago.
“The fraudsters call old women like Olga, Sigrid, Gerd or Kari”, warns Telenor and the banks on their websites.
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After Gerd was ordered to keep secret by the calling police officer, she was told to transfer NOK 1.7 million from her various accounts to a so-called “security account” set up by the police.
The additional procedure is well known:
Within minutes, the fraudsters forward the money to other accounts. These accounts belong to people who work as “mules”.
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Working like a “mule”
On Thursday, a 22-year-old single mother was accused of having NOK 950,000 deposited into her account at DNB.
Other “mules” also received large sums from Gerd’s accounts. Money that would then be transferred to different accounts.
A total of DKK 1.7 million.
But DNB and several other banks changed, the frauds got ahead of themselves.
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The 22-year-old woman only managed to transfer around NOK 300,000 to other accounts before DNB blocked the account.
In court, the woman denied that she was working as a “mule” on purpose to launder the management’s money.
– I thought it might be money from the police, said the woman who spent two weeks in custody in 2021, accused of having a similar relationship.
The case against her was then dropped. Therefore, she is waiting for handsome compensation from the police for the time she was in custody, while her father and brother are still accused in this fraud case from 2021.
– I can’t say that I have the best family in the world, says the 22-year-old, who also this time aims to avoid punishment.
– I will not plead guilty after the trial, thus pleads the 22-year-old about this latest relationship for which she is now accused.
If she is still convicted, the woman insists there is no one who can take care of her daughter in just four months
IP address in Poland
The fraud occurred during a six-month stay with a family member in Poland.
According to the police, several of the logins to Gerd’s online bank occurred from an IP address in Poland.
At home in Oslo, Gerd did the actions the fake police instructed her to do, such as giving out passwords, and within hours all her accounts were drained of all money.
However, DNB and the other banks involved managed to stop most of the money being transferred to various accounts. The 22-year-old single mother’s account was just one of several accounts where the fake money was transferred.
The police are yet to trace the alleged perpetrators.
– She must have an unconditional ten-month prison sentence, claims the prosecutor in his proceedings in the Oslo District Court.
The woman’s defense attorney claims that the evidence is not good enough that she acted with intent. And so she must be freed.
A decision in the case can be expected within a few days.
2024-10-24 21:05:00
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