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Heidelberg (dpa / lsw) - An organizer of trickery to harm the elderly has received a suspended sentence of two years.
The district court of Heidelberg met the indictment's demands on Wednesday.
The court, public prosecutor and defense had previously agreed on the scope of punishment, as the court announced.
According to the indictment, the convict belonged to a group operating from abroad, whose members wanted to gain access to the assets of senior citizens as police officers.
In one case a woman from Heidelberg was called by an alleged police officer.
A gang of burglars was up to mischief in their vicinity and their name was discovered on a piece of paper, the burglars also cooperated with bank employees - according to the prosecution, this was how they had been frightened.
In order to protect all of her property, she had to hand it over to the police.
In a first tranche, according to the public prosecutor, she handed over 22,000 euros in good faith to a courier selected by the defendant, which was immediately forwarded to Turkey.
But she should be fleeced even more.
When she wanted to exchange securities for 150,000 for gold at her bank, she aroused suspicion among the staff and received imitations instead of real gold.
According to the indictment, a courier selected by the defendant was arrested at the time of handover.
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The 27-year-old was charged with gang fraud (Ref .: 2 KLs 430 Js 8444/20).