Handcuffs to a 30-year-old Bulgarian police officers passed through Piraeus, at the last minute preventing fraud against a woman. The case led to the dismantling of a criminal organisation that cheated and blackmailed citizens across the country, earning at least 690,000 euros.
It all began when the 30-year-old Bulgarian, together with his accomplice, faked prosecutoral representatives, called for a woman, attempting to extract money from her, blackmailing her and using various tricks. She was told to place jewelry and money in a bag and put them in a garbage bin near her home.
It is noted that, the perpetrator went to the scene by taxi and contacted by telephone with another accomplice.
The 30-year-old carried the money and jewels
As emerged from the preliminary investigation, the defendants from at least April 2025, pretending representatives of prosecution authorities or other persons, cheated on their victims and blackmailed them, citing a risk of life for their own or related persons, forcing them to deliver money or jewelry to them.
Jewelry and money were transferred and delivered by 30-year-old Bulgarian to another member of the criminal organization in a foreign country.
Worth mentioning is the fact that, in order to make it difficult to locate them, the perpetrators used telephone connections with international call codes for their communications.
A survey carried out at the defendant's house found and seized 7,060 euros, as well as a multitude of jewels.
From the preliminary investigation of the Piraeus/D Criminal Investigation Division I.E.L.D. 29 cases of fraud and extortion in Attica and Thessaloniki have been solved, with the illegal asset benefit amounting to EUR 690,000.
The arrester was taken to the competent prosecutor.