It was reported yesterday to the police by 66 years old, that around 12.30 at noon, while she was at her home in Nicosia, she received a phone call from an unknown man, who told her that he was a doctor at the Nicosia General Hospital and that her daughter had hurt her leg and needed an operation. He also told her that she needed €96,000 in cash for the operation.
After collecting a large sum of money in cash and cheques, the 66-year-old woman and her husband then went to a specific location in the Nicosia district, following telephone instructions given to them by the unknown man.
At that point, they were approached by an unknown woman who mentioned the name of the alleged doctor, who received the sum of EUR 24,000 and went to an adjacent house.
Subsequently, after they managed to talk to their daughter, they realised that they had fallen victim to fraud and alerted the police, whose members located the suspect. As it was established it was a 32-year-old woman, who handed over the sum of 23,978 euros, without giving satisfactory explanations for their possession,
The 32-year-old woman was arrested for an offence of her own accord, while a judicial warrant for her arrest was subsequently issued against her.
The Police Station of Lakatameia is investigating the case.
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