Kaunas officials warn

A pre-trial investigation is being conducted by the Criminal Police Property Investigation Board of the Kaunas County Chief Police Commissariat (hereinafter – Kaunas County LSC) in accordance with Article 182 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania. 2, due to fraud, where the fraud scheme is used to extort large sums of money from companies.

During the pre-trial investigation, it was established that from September 10. Various companies based in Lithuania receive false e-mails, the senders of which introduce themselves as company directors, ask for balance sheet data and make an urgent payment for the alleged services.

The amounts requested range from 30 to 50 thousand euros. Initially, emails are sent from a single email. postal address, followed by other e-mail addresses which already indicate specific bank accounts opened in the United Kingdom and Denmark. Invoices are presented differently, companies are given a different invoice number in each case.
Kaunas county LSC officials inform that it is possible to freeze transferred funds in foreign banks by contacting law enforcement authorities and bank representatives in a timely manner. Police officers are in regular contact with bank representatives and inform them about such accounts.

Kaunas county Officials of the Criminal Police Property Investigation Board of the LSC urge representatives of companies to be vigilant and to contact law enforcement authorities immediately upon receipt of such false letters.
According to Article 182 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania. 2 d. a person is liable to imprisonment for up to eight years.

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source: Kaunas county. VPK info.
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