Heraklion: Eight telephone fraud cases were investigated – one person arrested

Sub-Directorate Police Security solved a total of eight cases while arresting one person. As evidenced by police investigation and pre-interrogation on the case of telephone fraud in Heraklion, a Ellen and another person, they called the elderly by pretending to be a doctor and persuaded them to pay money and valuables, under the pretext that their relative has been injured. In this context, seven attempts at telephone fraud and an accomplished case were identified, from which the sum of EUR 3,600 was obtained from the elderly. These frauds were committed from 23 to 28 October 2024. After the identification of this person was followed by his arrest this morning, Tuesday, October 29, while in an investigation that followed in a house he uses was found and the sum of 3,205 euros and a mobile phone were confiscated. The amount of money found in the house was given back to the elderly and the participation of the arrested in similar cases is investigated, while investigations continue to identify and arrest other members. The preliminary examination is carried out by the Department of Security of Heraklion.