The fraud has been carried out against elderly people in Glimåkra, Abbekås, Brantevik, Gävle and Rottne. According to police, the fraudsters have called older people and allegedly come from a credit company to talk about a loan granted. During the telephone conversation, the fraudsters had the affected person give out reply codes from bank boxes or information about their bank ID, so that they were then able to carry out money transactions.

Larger crime network

The two arrested men are suspected to be part of a criminal network that carries out fraud where they claim to come from a credit company. According to the police, there are more than 400 police reports with information about such incidents, where the fraudsters have been cheating about SEK 2 million from elderly people in Sweden in the past year.  

The men, who are 27 and 44 years old, are suspected of serious fraud and attempted fraud.