The prosecutor proposed a two-year prison sentence for a man who impersonated a tax inspector for fraudulent purposes, LETA reports citing the prosecutor's office.
As part of the pre-trial agreement procedure, the Eastern Latgale Prosecutor's Office has submitted a criminal case to the court against an individual accused of fraud committed as part of an organized group. The accused has entered into a plea agreement, which still needs to be approved by the court. According to the agreement, the prosecutor requests the court to sentence the accused to two years of imprisonment.
The accused responded to an offer from an individual and traveled from Germany to Latvia, thereby joining the activities of an organized group created for the purpose of committing fraud.
At least four people participated in the fraudulent actions, each of whom performed their task according to pre-assigned roles.
The accused was supposed to impersonate a tax inspector named Dmitry in order to mislead and fraudulently obtain money from the victim, and then, at the direction of the group leader, transfer it to another participant. For this, the accused was promised a payment of 5% of the transferred amount.
Carrying out the criminal intent, one of the group members, against whom a separate criminal case has been initiated, repeatedly called the victim in August 2025 and, misleading him, deliberately provided false information that storing cash at home is illegal, that the money must be declared, otherwise a criminal process will be initiated, and a search will be conducted during which all cash will be seized.
The victim explained that he keeps cash at home. The caller stated that a person named Dmitry would come for the money, who would provide a password, and it was to him that all cash should be handed over for declaration. The victim was also asked to provide his residential address, personal code, and door code to the entrance. The victim believed what he heard and, being misled about the necessity to declare the cash stored at home, agreed to hand it over to the arriving person.
The victim handed over to the accused the prepared amount of money — 4260 euros.
The package with the extorted money that the accused received from the victim was placed in a bag, and he left the scene by taxi to transfer the money to another group member.
On the highway, the car was stopped by the police, and the accused was taken to the station, where the money was seized.
The case for the approval of the concluded agreement has been submitted to the Latgale District Court.
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