Greece sends to Germany a man wanted for €1.4 million Cryptocurrency fraud

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“Green light” to the extradition of a 37-year-old foreigner to Germany, where he is wanted for international cryptocurrency fraud, lit the Council of Appeal of Thessaloniki.

He is an Israeli citizen, who was arrested on 24 August at the Macedonia International Airport, as he was preparing to board a flight to Larnaca, Cyprus.

The police found that he had an outstanding warrant against him. European arrest warrant issued by the German prosecution authorities, according to which he is described as a leading member of a criminal network, which defrauded Germans and other citizens in various European countries, with the amount of the fraud estimated at over €1.4 million.

Through phone calls and emails, members of the network encouraged unsuspecting victims to invest large sums of money in various financial instruments, promising large profits, according to a statement by the Hellenic Police.

According to the same statement, the funds transferred, were distributed in a complex money laundering network operating throughout Europe.

The wanted man denied any involvement in the case, stressing that he was not the person the Germans were looking for.

The damage done to my family will not be overcome soon.” said – among other things – the 37-year-old father of three minor children, who has the right to appeal in order to be judged by the Supreme Court.

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