Nine Arrested for Bank Fraud

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bank fraud in Portugal, led to the arrest of 8 people by “strongindications” of fraud, banking and counterfeiting crimes

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"Operation Flanders" led to the detention of nine people by "strongindications" of Burla, Banking and counterfeiting crimes, which read a foreign citizen in hundreds of thousands of euros.

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The judicial police in Portugal are requesting the extradition of a Belgian suspected of identity fraud. The man was allegedly used by a gang to pose as another Belgian, a millionaire living in Angola. In this way, he stole hundreds of thousands of euros from a bank in Lisbon, until an employee smelled a rat.

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The man was arrested in Belgium, following the issue of a European arrest warrant by Portugal, with the cooperation of the Belgian Federal Police, which had already been required to extract the suspect, forwarded the PJ to Lusa.