Three Ukrainian citizens have been detained in Croatia on suspicion of participating in an international fraud scheme; they were arrested in Dubrovnik on 8 August while trying to receive €1.3m in cash from the victim, the Croatian anti-corruption agency USKOK has reported. According to investigators, they had previously managed to get hold of more than €800,000.
The investigation believes that the group operated not only in Croatia, but also in Spain, Poland and the UK, posing as representatives of financial institutions and offering to “recover” funds lost in online trading in exchange for large commissions and deposits.
USKOK has opened a formal investigation procedure; the detainees are charged with attempted multi-million dollar fraud and participation in a criminal organisation. The names of the suspects are not disclosed, the procedural status is “under investigation” and the presumption of innocence applies.
Source – Serbian Economist.