The 26-year-old was recruited by the organization while in prison, where he was serving a sentence for drug offenses. After his release, he provided the gang with two “money collectors”.
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These two men visited 15 elderly people in Vienna last April and June respectively and made the victims believe that they were police officers and had to secure their savings and jewelry because burglars were causing mischief in their area and their apartment was no longer safe. Incriminated damage: 530,000 euros. The judgment is not final. Defense attorney Michael Dohr asked for time to think about it, but senior public prosecutor Norbert Hauser initially made no statement.
10,000 euros for intermediary services
The defendant said he got involved with the gang “because it was a good friend who talked to me.” The trained hairdresser rejected the accusation made by the Economic and Corruption Public Prosecutor’s Office (WKStA) that he was a logistician for the criminal organization. He neither obtained false police ID cards nor crypto cell phones nor coordinated the gang’s internal actions. The 26-year-old said he received around 10,000 euros for his brokerage services.
When determining the sentence, the defendant’s confession was taken into account as a mitigating factor. What made things more difficult was the rapid relapse after the previous conviction and “the exploitation of the special vulnerability of the victims,” as the judge said: “It’s simply not possible for elderly people to be excluded in such a shabby manner.”
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