Scammers steal more than 74,700 euros from two Lithuanian residents

Scammers stole more than 74,700 euros from residents of Anyksciai and Klaipeda, LRT reported on Saturday, citing police.

Police said a woman born in 1954 contacted Kaunas County Police on Friday. She reported that on July 14, while at home on A. Vienuolio Street in Anyksciai, she had joined the online investment platform Brondesbury Global and downloaded an application to her mobile phone.

The woman said she communicated in Russian with an alleged investment specialist. She later noticed that 51,838 euros had been unlawfully withdrawn from her bank account.

A man contacted Klaipeda police and said that, allegedly while investing, he had transferred 22,927 euros to specified accounts in several payments between December 18 last year and August 9 this year.

Police have opened pre-trial investigations into fraud in both cases.