Scam involving fictitious train e-tickets.

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A man hailing from Berlin is under suspicion for accumulating an illegal sum of 190,000 euros in a span of three years, using fake Deutsche Bahn voucher codes. The 50-year-old individual is thought to have procured these phony codes on the infamous Darknet, an anonymous zone of the internet favored by criminal elements, as per the prosecutor's office. He then employed these codes to purchase monthly or various tickets from Deutsche Bahn ticket dispensers and disposed of them for cash.

The prosecutor's office has lodged charges against the man; 161 counts of money laundering and four instances of commercial fraud are among the allegations being brought at the Tiergarten District Court. The purported infractions transpired between November 2018 and October 2021.

In May 2019, the Brandenburg State Criminal Police Office successfully managed to secure a copy of the server of the largest German underground forum online at that time. This forum reportedly had approximately 31,000 users since early 2018 and primarily was used for criminal purposes. During the examination of the data, the Brandenburg State Criminal Police Office identified the suspect. The police, unfortunately, have no traceable leads about the individual who initially forged the digital voucher codes and sold them to the man. The Darknet remains shrouded in anonymity, as the prosecutor's office noted.

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1. The public prosecutor's office in Berlin is actively investigating an international case of fraud involving German Railways, as fake voucher codes were used to purchase tickets and launder over 190,000 euros.
2. Despite German Railways and the Berlin public prosecutor's office making strides in combating fraud, the Darknet continues to serve as a platform for the sale of phony train e-tickets and other criminal activities.
3. The public prosecutor's office is collaborating with international authorities to track down the individuals responsible for creating and selling the fraudulent German Railways voucher codes, as well as laundering the proceeds of these crimes.

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