Overview
- Police say multiple impersonation calls targeted seniors on Thursday, October 22, using tactics such as fake police and bank staff to press victims to hand over valuables or pay alleged bail.
- In Rödental a 74-year-old woman handed over jewelry to a woman posing as an officer; officers later found the items in a car trunk and arrested a 31-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man.
- Officers arrested a 27-year-old man in Lautertal after a 62-year-old recognised a 'Schockanruf' that falsely claimed a relative caused a fatal crash and held the callers on the line while her husband alerted police.
- Two attempted handovers in Dörfles-Esbach and Marktleugast were stopped when family members recognised the scam and called police, preventing further losses for an 87-year-old and an 83-year-old.
- The Kriminalpolizei Coburg, under the Staatsanwaltschaft Coburg, is investigating links between the cases and the arrests, and authorities say the three suspects are now in pretrial detention.