A man from Sălaj defrauded a woman from the USA of more than 283,000 dollars. What promises he made to her
A man from Sălaj was detained for 24 hours, in a criminal file in which investigations are being carried out regarding the commission of the crimes of continuous fraud and forgery in documents under private signature.
The action was carried out by the policemen of the Sălaj Economic Crime Investigation Service, under the supervision of the case prosecutor from the Prosecutor's Office attached to the Zalău District Court and under the coordination of the Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, within the “Jupiter” operation.
“From the research carried out in the file, it emerged that, between 2021-2024, a man would have misled a woman, from the United States of America, with whom he would have had a relationship. He would have presented her with several unreal information and made various promises, causing her to transfer to him, through several bank operations, sums of money that would have totaled over 283,000 US dollars, thus causing a significant damage“, it is stated in a statement sent on Wednesday by the Romanian Police.
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He forged bank records to support his lies
The investigators also determined that the man would have falsified several bank account statements, in order to support the false statements.
Following the home search, several documents and objects useful to the case were discovered and seized, in order to continue the investigations.
Following the administration of the evidence, the man was detained for 24 hours, to be presented to the magistrates for the disposition of the necessary legal measures.
The operation benefited from the support of the policemen of the Criminalistics Service and the fighters of the Special Actions Service of the Sălaj County Police Inspectorate.
