According to Europol, a multi-national police investigation resulted in the detention of dozens of people, including the putative leader of an organized crime ring that made prank phone calls to elderly victims.
The suspected network leader was detained by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) close to London, while Polish and German law enforcement agents searched numerous sites across Europe and seized mobile phones and other electronic equipment, gold bars and coins, jewelry, and €160,000 ($174,000) in cash.
The investigation has resulted in the arrest of almost 70 people. First, con artists would cold phone elderly victims, posing as police officers or government representatives read more International Police Operation Dismantles Phone Scam Network.
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