Overview

• Twelve suspects were arrested in a large-scale police operation in Mönchengladbach and Rhein-Kreis Neuss on April 10, 2025.
• The gang is accused of using a long-standing scam tactic, posing as waterworks employees to rob elderly victims in their homes.
• Authorities searched 15 residences and uncovered substantial evidence, including indications of potential weapon possession by one suspect.
• The suspects, reportedly linked by family ties, are alleged to have caused financial damages of approximately €110,000 to their victims.
• The operation is part of an ongoing investigation into an organized, overregional network of trick thieves targeting vulnerable populations.