Over €35,000 fraudulently withdrawn from woman’s account in Panevėžys

More than €35,000 was fraudulently withdrawn from a woman’s bank account in Panevėžys, Lithuanian police reported on Wednesday, as similar scams were also reported in Vilnius and Klaipėda.

According to the Panevėžys County Chief Police Commissariat, a 46-year-old woman reported on April 22 that funds had been taken from her account without authorisation. The financial damage was estimated at €35,073. A pre-trial investigation has been launched into the unauthorised use of a payment instrument or its data.

In Vilnius, a 65-year-old woman reported on April 24 that unknown individuals had defrauded her of €9,650. Klaipėda police also received multiple reports: a 77-year-old woman was scammed out of €2,900 after disclosing her online banking details to a Russian-speaking caller posing as an assistant for medication refunds. A 61-year-old man reported €1,630.99 stolen from his company account, while another woman lost €1,141 after clicking a fraudulent courier service link sent by a buyer of her online listing.

Pre-trial investigations into fraud have been initiated in all cases.