The league was revealed in SVT’s Uppdrag review last spring, which, with the help of material from an unknown hacker, was able to show how the fraudsters cheated pensioners out of money. Everything was also sent to the police, and in the spring of 2024 four people were arrested on suspicion of having participated in the fraud. According to the indictment, 73 elderly people in the country have been defrauded of roughly SEK 12 million. A further seven have been subjected to fraud attempts. SMS about mobile phones When the trial began on Monday, none of the plaintiffs were present. However, several had to talk on the phone about what they had been through – including a 65-year-old man who testified about how he received a text message that he had ordered two phones. Since he hadn’t ordered anything, he called the number in the text. You are very stressed and think that it has to be sorted out. I’m not very good with computers and such and want help as much as possible. After a short conversation with “customer service”, the man was connected to what was claimed to be the bank’s security department. There he was asked to download a program that enabled the man to remotely control his computer and was then asked to approve the login to the bank with bank ID. Then I see how he enters my computer, his mouse pointer moved without me touching it. The man on the other end said he would transfer the money from the savings account to a safe account, but instead he watched the money disappear. I screamed on the phone that I had been scammed. Denies The defendants are three men, 19 to 20 years old, and a 29-year-old woman. According to the prosecutor, however, the league may have involved as many as 20 people. All four deny wrongdoing. They have not offered any explanation about the evidence directed against them, but have largely remained silent or made no comment. Through their defense lawyers, they maintained their innocence when the trial began, and followed the questioning of the victims in court in silence. An elderly woman who had lost just over 44,000 asked after her interrogation if she could “send a greeting to the fraudsters”, but was refused. I understand that you want it, but unfortunately it doesn’t work in this forum, answered the president of the court Kai Koskela. The trial is scheduled to last until mid-April.
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