After 9 months, a young fraudster who swindled over 2500 euros from a resident of Bauska region has been detained 0 4

The case began back in spring – on March 31 of this year, the police received information that a resident of the Kodeš parish in the Bauska region received an SMS message on his phone allegedly from the State Revenue Service (SRS), which contained information about a possible tax debt.

The message also included a link that, when clicked, would provide more detailed information. The man followed the link provided in the SMS, after which a bank's webpage opened on his smart device, where he could authenticate using Smart-ID, which he did. After completing these actions, no information about the transaction was displayed on his phone, creating the impression that the connection to the SRS website had failed.

However, upon checking his online banking, the man discovered that a sum of 2536.52 euros had been transferred from his account to the bank account of an unknown person.

In connection with this fact, the police initiated two criminal cases – for the acquisition of someone else's property and for the legalization of criminally obtained funds. Several procedural actions were conducted to identify a possible guilty party.

Eight and a half months passed. And now, this week, on December 16, a young man born in 2004 was detained, and a preventive measure not related to imprisonment was applied to him. On the same day, a search was conducted at the residence of the detainee, and electronic data carriers were seized. The police do not report whether the victim was returned the 2536.52 euros.