Police look for fraudster who stole ID card from well-known firm's director, and millions from banks

Foto: Arhivska fotografija

A young man with a forged ID in the name of the director of a large company in late December and early January took out millions in cash from several bank branches across Serbia, according to the Alo newspaper.

"At noon on December 31, a young man from the photo below walked into a branch of a well-known foreign bank in downtown Belgrade. He didn't seem nervous or insecure. He patiently waited in line at the counter, playing a game on his phone. He handed the clerk filled out paperwork from a company of which he is allegedly the director, demanding to take out 500,000 dinars in cash. He didn't seem familiar to the girl behind the counter but 'everything checked out' with the ID card and the loan agreement he attached."

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The signature was absolutely true to the deposited original. And of course, the money was handed to him, a source with knowledge of the situation told Alo.

He repeated a similar fraud that day two more times in the other two branches, and in early January embarked on new ones. The director of the company, whose information was stolen, found out about the fraud about ten days ago when he returned from a vacation abroad.

The newspaper's interlocutor said that the fraudster used the busy holiday period when the situation is "chaotic" in banks. As for the forged ID, which in this case looked like it was an original, the source from the investigation advises that in any business transaction, checks should be made as to whether the appearance of an ID card matches the date it was issued.

In other words, fraudsters put on the true date of issuing of the original ID card on a forgery, that might be several years old.

"If the plastic looks new and the date is old, it is almost certainly a forgery. Also, forged ID cards do not have chips," the source told the newspaper.

(Telegraf.rs/Alo)