Tübingen (dpa / lsw) – A suspected member of a gang of telephone scammers was arrested during a fake money transfer in Tübingen by the police. Since the arrest on Tuesday, the 32-year-old has been in custody, the police and prosecutors announced on Thursday. The criminal police are investigating accomplices.
The gang of fraudsters stole several thousand euros from a senior citizen and her daughter the week before via telephone fraud. A man had pretended to be a police officer and arranged a handover, during which a woman collected the money from the two women from Tübingen. The elderly woman and her daughter later became suspicious and called the police. As the two remained in contact with the scammers, the women appeared to comply with the scammers’ further instructions. Police forces then arrested the 32-year-old at the planned handover location.
