383,238 euros in a phone call ... A 28-year-old man, suspected of having set up a scam while pretending to be a lawyer, was arrested Wednesday May 27 in the Yvelines, according to information from Europe 1. In December last, the suspect pretended to be a lawyer in charge of making a confidential purchase on behalf of a company. By exchanging on the phone with an employee he had obtained that she transfer the sum of 383,238 euros to a Hungarian bank account.
Thanks to international cooperation, investigators from the Internet group of the Payment Fraud Brigade (BFMP) were able to identify the account of the import-export company opened by the suspect. The young man without profession or domicile was located in the Yvelines and then arrested yesterday. In police custody he admitted to having opened the account on which the 383,238 euros were transferred.
He was to be tried this Thursday, May 28 in immediate appearance for fraud, concealment of fraud, false concealment of transfer by criminal court of Nanterre. He faces up to 5 years in prison and a fine of 375,000 euros.