Hamburg District Court - Verdict expected against fake police officers
On Tuesday (10.00 a.m.), the Hamburg Regional Court is due to hand down a verdict against three men who allegedly posed as police officers to elderly people and thus defrauded them of almost half a million euros. The three men, aged 25, 26 and 27, are accused of commercial and gang fraud, among other things. Among other things, they allegedly tricked an 82-year-old man in the summer into believing that he had been the victim of a burglary and that the police now had to recover his cash. The senior citizen handed over 47,000 euros in good faith.
At around the same time, according to the indictment, they used a similar scam to take a 79-year-old woman's EC card including her PIN as well as jewelry and cash from the bank safe deposit boxes "for her protection" and thus obtained 72,000 euros. In 2020, they are also said to have made several phone calls to a 65-year-old woman to defraud her of 339,000 euros.
The public prosecutor's office had pleaded for sentences of between two years and nine months and two years, some of which were suspended. The defense had demanded suspended sentences for all three defendants.
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The alleged criminal actions of the three men in Hamburg, if proven guilty by the Regional Court, could lead to significant penalties for their involvement in fraudulent activities, impersonating police officers to defraud elderly individuals.
Despite the serious nature of the charges against them, the defense has argued for suspended sentences for all three men, potentially offering a more lenient outcome in the criminal proceedings.
In light of the ongoing processes at the Hamburg Regional Court, it is crucial for local law enforcement agencies, such as the police, to maintain vigilance and actively combat instances of criminality, particularly those targeting vulnerable communities.
Source: www.stern.de
