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Neither one nor the other was paid, but the 40-year-old did not confess to the attempted serious fraud.
The man was most recently sentenced to a three-year unconditional prison sentence in January 2021 for serious commercial fraud. In December 2021, he wrote an email to a Viennese jeweler in his cell and was interested in diamonds. After not hearing anything for a while, the business owner received another email in October 2022, in which the defendant, referring to an alleged network of companies in London, stated that he had no longer been able to take care of the diamonds but wanted the deal now finalize.
Posed as a Bitcoin millionaire
In fact, a few weeks later, the 40-year-old took advantage of a free day to go to the jewelry store and choose two diamonds that – as he claimed – were intended for his girlfriend. He posed as a Bitcoin millionaire in the business.
He now did this before a jury in the Gray House. He claimed that he was a Bitcoin trader and that his account had assets of four to 4.5 million euros. He wanted to make his girlfriend happy with the diamonds, but unfortunately they haven’t been delivered yet “because there was something wrong with my bank account.”
The alleged impostor said that he had therefore “not yet been able to take care of the financial matters”, but would “do so” after the negotiation with the help of his father. He is still interested in the diamonds, even though his relationship with his girlfriend has now broken down: “They are also an investment.”
The 40-year-old served his last prison sentence until April 2023, and has since been back in custody due to the latest allegations. Regarding the rented private plane, he claimed that he had of course wanted to pay for the flight, but his Lithuanian bank account was apparently not linked to his credit card. That’s why the transfer didn’t work.
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