The fraudsters created a business bank account, which had no activity for a long time, and almost half a year after it was opened, a transfer worth more than 100 million Hungarian forints was received from a Finnish company. It turned out that the three men obtained the money fraudulently.
According to the investigation, the fraudsters opened the bank account used for criminal activity in September 2020. For several months, there was no economic activity on the company’s bank account and no meaningful traffic.
However, on February 12, 2021, the company’s account received a transfer from Finland in the amount of $349,949, approximately 107 million Hungarian forints.
On several occasions, fraudsters withdrew nearly two million forints from machines at different places and times. after that They informed the bank that they wanted to withdraw the remaining amount in cash, but they faced an obstacle. That’s why they invented that they transfer the remaining money to two other bank accounts. In the end, they did not succeed either, but at the same time the report reached the police.
Investigators from Pest County collected data and information based on it
Suspicions were confirmed, and fraud was committed at the expense of the Finnish company.
Police then identified the three suspected fraudsters, two of whom were arrested as they left the bank in the past few days. Their third companion was arrested at his home. For the purpose of asset recovery, a vehicle, money, mobile phones and data carriers linked to the crime were seized.
The Economic Protection Department of the Pest District Police Headquarters against the men aged 46, 57 and 73 on well-founded suspicion of money laundering Continue further Procedure.
