Police: Conman posted as Interpol agent
Posted on: Friday, 5 June 2009, 13:08 CDT
Authorities in Moscow said they arrested a man who allegedly posed as an Interpol agent to swindle a woman out of more than $35,000.
An unidentified man, who posed as the police major-general of the Russian National Central Bureau of Interpol, offered to the woman his assistance in purchasing non-residential quarters in Moscow. The defrauded woman gave 1.1 million roubles ($35,605) to him, but as the disguised 'major- general' did not give to her the promised assistance she turned to police,
a Moscow law enforcement source told news agency Itar-Tass.
On Thursday the suspect was detained. He is an unemployed Muscovite,
the source said.
The source said a portion of the woman's money was confiscated from the suspect.
Source: United Press International
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