Overview

• Police said a 75-year-old in Leipzig handed over cash and jewelry worth several tens of thousands of euros after a call set up a supposed visit by an officer.
• An 89-year-old on Prellerstraße gave several thousand euros and jewelry to two men posing as police who rang her door on Sunday, according to a police spokesperson.
• Investigators also report suspects posing as housing-company staff who request access to read heating systems or meters, then distract residents while an accomplice searches for valuables.
• At least five attempts were logged in Leipzig and Wurzen in which perpetrators failed to obtain valuables, police said.
• Two suspected female perpetrators, ages 33 and 19 and identified as Romanian citizens, were detained in Delitzsch on September 30 and are being investigated for theft.