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Kiel (dpa / lno) - In the process of organized fraud with false police officers, a senior detective charged the 28-year-old confessed defendant on Tuesday.

He has been leading the fraud investigations for three years and has gained deep insights into the gang structure, said the chief detective before the Kiel district court.

With the 28-year-old sitting “for the first time in Schleswig-Holstein someone in the dock who worked at the call center level in Turkey”.

According to the witness, the seniors from Turkish call centers were frightened for hours and days with "fear scenarios".

They had been shown that their assets in the bank were in danger from disloyal employees or acutely threatened by burglars.

If the scam was successful, fake police officers were used to receive the loot or to pick it up from agreed hiding places.

The booty was then taken to Turkey, minus the respective wages.

As a result of gang fraud, seniors were charged with gold, jewelry and cash worth over 500,000 euros in 2019.

According to the prosecutor, the defendant received at least 43,000 euros.

The 28-year-old already confessed as part of an understanding between those involved in the process.

He admitted 10 of the 15 accused cases.

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According to the LKA official, the accused's wife and his mother are also said to have been involved in the fraud and transported loot to Turkey on courier flights.

A separate investigation will be carried out against both women.

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