Five Men Jailed for €2 Million Fraud After Posing as Police Officers
The five men posed as police officers to steal jewellery worth millions of euros in a sophisticated fraud scheme.
Vienna Police Catch Scammer Behind €1.2M Cryptocurrency Fraud
The 39-year-old Dutch suspect was arrested in Milan earlier this year and was sentenced to three years in prison in Austria.
Increase in Fake Rental Ads in Vienna
The fraud follows a pattern: scammers post ads for cheap apartments and vanish after taking advance payments.
Russian Scammers Target Ukrainians in Austria
The criminals contact potential victims by phone and WhatsApp, urging them to transfer their savings to a fake bank account.
Elderly Vienna Couple Cheated Out of €250,000
The perpetrators convinced the couple, both aged 83, to hand over the money as an alleged deposit for their daughter-in-law.
Woman Jailed for €300,000 Dating Scam
The accused used fabricated stories to persuade the man to give her money and also accessed his and his wife’s bank accounts.