Four people are already in custody in the investigation which, among other things, concerns gross fraud where a woman from Oskarshamn was tricked by telephone fraud (vishing) for SEK 3.7 million in December 2020. After a quick police report, the police managed to prevent transfers of the money but SEK 90,000 came however, the fraudsters over.
- The Oskarshamn case is the largest single fishing crime in Sweden as far as I know when it comes to the amount of money the fraudsters started transferring, says Pontus Krüger at the police region Syd's fraud section in a press release.
Arrested in Stockholm
During a raid on Thursday morning in several places in the Stockholm area, two more men in their 25s and 40s were arrested on suspicion of gross fraud in the Oskarhamn case as well as in a case from Borlänge.
- Several suspects in the Oskarshamn case are also suspected of gross fraud in a case from Dalarna (Borlänge) where a woman was cheated of around SEK 1.5 million in November 2020 by whistling. Unfortunately, no money has been found here yet, says Pontus Krüger.
The preliminary investigation is led by Chamber Prosecutor Magnus Ling, Kalmar, who on Friday requested that the two men be detained, on probable cause suspected of gross fraud.