Fraud gang with stolen tank card: over 100,000 euros damage!
Fraud gang with stolen tank card: over 100,000 euros damage!
The Tyrolean police have exposed a fraud gang that has fueled a stolen tank card of a transport company truck for months. Between March and August 2024 there were a total of 356 illegal tank processes, which caused a total damage of more than 100,000 euros for the affected company. The perpetrators have so far not been able to be caught and are advertised across Europe, as the Krone reported.
In the past few months, the authorities have intensively determined against the perpetrators, who are all Bosnian-Herzegovinian citizens aged 22 to 47. These are said to be part of a criminal association and have reproduced the stolen tank card. The illegal refueling took place in several federal states, including Carinthia, Salzburg, Upper Austria and Tyrol, whereby 78 tank processes were registered in Tyrol alone, describes the Tyrolean daily newspaper .The way to expose the perpetrators
The crime service group of the Steinach-Wipptal police department led the investigation that took several months. Despite the increasing complexity of law enforcement, the case has so far been unsolved, since the suspects are still at large. Such fraud is a serious problem in the Austrian region, where crime according to Statista has reached a high in 2023.
around 528,000 crimes were reported in Austria throughout 2023, the highest number since 2016. Almost a third of these offenses were not available to the capital of Vienna, which illustrates the challenges for the law enforcement authorities. Especially in areas such as economic crime and cybercrime, there were significant climbs.
A look at the crime statistics in Austria
Security in Austria is influenced by a variety of factors. In 2023, for example, around 103,000 cases of economic crime were reported, which marked a continuous increase over several years. These developments also lead a light on the challenges of the police, especially in relation to foreign suspects, of which around 43 % of the suspects and convicts made up in 2022.
The police are faced with high pressure in view of these circumstances, which is perceived by the population. According to surveys, 77 % of the Austrians of the police trust, while 85 % are demanding increased combating of Islamist terror. Despite this positive perception, cases such as that of the Tyrolean fraud gang are a serious problem that focuses on the effectiveness of law enforcement.
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