A 59-year-old Dutchman living in Spittal was defrauded of tens of thousands of euros by a 30-year-old Bosnian living in East Tyrol between March 9th and April 8th, 2024.
The Dutchman commissioned the Bosnian’s company to repair his roof. The down payments are covered by insurance, which transferred the amount of several tens of thousands of euros to the 30-year-old entrepreneur’s company. He gave a company from Graz the order to carry out the material order worth several tens of thousands of euros. Nobody showed upHowever, no workers showed up at the construction site when work was scheduled to start on April 8th. The 30-year-old company boss could also no longer be reached. The 59-year-old client filed a police report because he suspected he had fallen victim to fraud. Police investigations revealed that the Bosnian-born man had probably fled abroad. The 59-year-old and the Graz company suffered extensive property damage.
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