The victims were always women, usually older women. The case is often referred to as the Olga case, because as many as six of the victims of the fraud are named Olga. The man, who was previously referred to as Mr. X, has now been convicted in the case. He must now serve time for 65 aggravated frauds and 15 attempted aggravated frauds, involving 80 victims. The dividend was a total of NOK 17.8 million. Four others from the network have already been sentenced in the same case. Gave up login They found their way to the victims via the tax lists. They then called and pretended to be an employee of the bank. They tricked the victims into giving up their login to the online bank. Thus, it was free for the fraudsters. The money from the victims’ accounts was transferred to accounts belonging to so-called “mules”. Their task was to make their accounts available in order to obtain profits from the frauds. Very extensive In total, they managed to swindle NOK 17.8 million from their Norwegian victims, in addition to over half a million Swedish kroner. The fraud case is very extensive, and involves many people in Norway and Sweden. Some key figures: Number of convicts: 5 Number of fraud victims: 80 Number of “fictitious companies”: at least 29 Number of “mules”: at least 150 people Amount defrauded: 17.8 million Money found/seized: NOK 200-300,000 40 people convicted of fraud in the wake of the case From before, four others in the same network have been through a total of five rounds in the district court, the court of appeal and also the Supreme Court one. At that time, Mr. X was not identified. The district court referred to him as Mr. X, because it was assumed that there was a fifth person, about whom none of the four would say anything. The criminal network has had a strict internal justice system. Mr. X has “explained that we are talking about people and an environment that you would rather not associate with, unless you are forced to”. Fields of chat logs The sentence against Mr. X also includes threats and “serious personal persecution” against one of the other four. Chat logs between the two show how Mr. X threatened him to pay gambling debts. The threats “are of a serious nature”, of “very large scope and over a long period of time”, the court writes in the judgement. Screenshot of messages where X makes serious threats against one of the convicts. Screenshot of messages where X makes a number of threats. Screenshot where X threatens one of the convicts via the application Whatsapp. The threats in the chat log are also what made the police understand that the accused man was the unknown Mr. X. Confessed to everything The man confessed to both the fraud cases and the threats. Søndre Østfold district court delivered its verdict on 21 June 2023. It read six years in prison. But despite the confession, the man has appealed the sentence. – He is appealing because he wants a lower sentence. He has confessed and contributed to a short and efficient legal process. It should have had a greater effect on the penalty discount, says Øystein Ola Storrvik, who is the man’s defender. Pending a possible new trial, he is still in custody.
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