The man is charged with gross fraud with a total of 175 individual criminal cases, the police write in a press release. – It’s about fraud for almost NOK 500,000, says police superintendent Stine Mari Vårdal in the West police district. The fraud is said to have taken place online, but Vårdal cannot say which platform is involved. The fraud is said to have occurred by customers sending the man money for goods that they have not received. – Some have even come to the police to report, but the police have also uncovered victims through the investigation, says Vårdal. It is insulting from the whole country, she says. The man was arrested in Spain on 9 July. He has since been detained pending extradition to Norway. The police have been working on the case since June 2023, and he has been wanted since September of the same year. The accused has been remanded in custody for four weeks. He has not yet been questioned. Published 01.08.2024, at 10.08 Updated 01.08.2024, at 10.26
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