Prosecutors said vulnerable pensioners were targeted in more than 300 incidents which involved persuading them to hand over their savings and valuables for safekeeping
Forty elderly people were conned out of more than £200,000 in cash and jewellery by a gang posing as undercover police officers, the High Court heard today.
She disclosed that the couple had £40,000 stored at their home and was advised to take the money to a primary school in the south of the city for safety purposes. Amid aerial surveillance from a PSNI helicopter, some of the suspected gang members were stopped in a car in the Ormeau Road area.A Crown lawyer said Lee was located later the same day in the bedroom of a house in West Belfast.His DNA has been found on the keypad of one the devices believed to have been used to call victims of the scam, according to the prosecution.
“This took place either at the victim’s home or a location of the fraudsters’ choosing, and in some cases force or threats were used.”
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