Cross-border cooperation has brought down an international gang that stole hundreds of thousands of euros from victims to whom it promised high returns from investments in cryptocurrency, police said.
A police statement said charges have been brought against eight people, all foreign nationals aged 23-54, including for membership of a criminal organization, computer fraud, forgery and money laundering.
The crackdown came in cooperation with Europol and other national police forces. Police said the gang was allegedly active from December 2024 to August 2025, and stole a total of at least €220,000 from nine people in the Lamia area, the Greater Athens region, Thessaloniki, Serres and Kefalonia.
The suspects allegedly phoned their victims, claimed to represent investment funds or banks and talked them into supposedly joining complex investment schemes. Once the victims granted the fraudsters remote access to their computers, gang members gained control of their bank accounts and emptied them, police said.
