Criminalists from Sliven uncovered a telephone fraud scheme after an elderly man handed over BGN 11,000 to the fraudsters. The perpetrators have been arrested, the money has been seized in full and will be returned to the 88-year-old man.
Hello scammers call the victim and say that his daughter has had an accident and he needs to give all his savings to help her.
They set a meeting in the village of Skobelevo, where the elderly man lives. He comes and gives them nearly 11,000 BGN.
In the course of a police operation, the perpetrators were detained, said the district prosecutor's office of Sliven.
It is about a 29-year-old man with criminal records and another 25-year-old man. Both are from Yambol.
They are being held in custody. For such a crime, the law provides from 1 to 6 years of imprisonment.