Austria-Wide Car Fraud Series: Police Caught Duo

Two alleged car dealers have been arrested in Upper Styria as part of a Europe-wide search. According to the police, the two fraudsters made contact with their victims via business cards, which they placed behind the windshield wipers. By pretending to have transferred the money for the purchased car, they then fled with the vehicles - without actually paying.

Fraudster Duo Active in Several Federal States

The two men are said to have committed car fraud in recent years in Styria, Lower Austria, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Vienna, and Burgenland. After a tip-off from Carinthia that the two suspects might be in St. Lorenzen im Mürztal (Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district), a search was conducted for days for the 37-year-old Romanian and the 48-year-old Italian. As the State Police Directorate of Styria announced on Wednesday, they were arrested on the evening of November 20.

Amount of Damage Still Unknown

During the search of their vehicles and the apartment, transfer license plates and additional business cards were secured, among other things. The two men refused to testify during the interrogations. By order of the Wiener Neustadt public prosecutor's office, they were taken to the Wiener Neustadt prison. The damage caused by the fraud is still unknown.

(APA/Red)

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