A group of three men and one woman transferred €393,000 from the bank account of an unsuspecting victim to a bank account abroad. Three of them were current and former employees of a bank branch in Žilina.
According to police, they got hold of a fake ID from the account owner and a specimen signature, used clothing and make-up to match the looks and tell-tale signs of the fake client and set up an account in another bank abroad in the same client's name. They deceived the other bank's staff by misusing personal data as well as the client's identity. The fake client also withdrew €5,000 in cash on behalf of the group. They have been charged and may face up to 15 years in jail. The police are looking into information that the gang may have committed more crimes of this kind in the Trenčín and Trnava regions.
