An organized crime group that defrauded elderly citizens by posing as electricity company workers or accountants has been dismantled following a major police operation in Ano Liosia, Acharnes, and Zefyri on Monday morning (29.09.2025). Three suspects, aged 56, 39, and 22, were arrested and are accused of running a scam network targeting seniors. Their total haul amounted to €2,186,250. Several accomplices have been identified but remain at large.
The gang operated by dividing into specialized teams—one handling phone operations and the other conducting field activities. Members would call elderly victims, claiming to be from DEDDHE or accounting firms, warning of electrical leaks and offering to fix them remotely or by sending ‘technicians.’ Victims were instructed to wrap money and jewelry in aluminum foil and hide them inside or outside their homes—only for the second team to later retrieve and steal the items.
In cases where victims refused entry, suspects reportedly resorted to verbal abuse, physical violence, and forced theft. The group is linked to 47 thefts (including 5 attempted), netting over €2.1 million.
Searches at multiple residences, conducted with judicial oversight, uncovered 25 mobile phones, surveillance cameras, weapons (including a hatchet, repeater rifle, hunting shotgun, and knives), tablets, gold items, cash totaling €10,320, two vehicles, British sovereign coins, jewelry, and SIM card fragments.
Additionally, three more individuals (including a minor) were arrested for illegal possession of weapons unrelated to the main gang. The 22-year-old suspect was apprehended after fleeing a police checkpoint, throwing a chair at officers. During searches, authorities found hidden cash (€5,050), gold coins, jewelry, and a bank card on the vehicle’s passengers.
All suspects were transferred to the competent prosecutor’s office.