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Organized crime group caught after defrauding 150 people in investment scam

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The scammers are believed to have gained €3m ($3.3m) in their investment fraud.

An organized crime group of 12 people has been detained after a joint mission by Eurojust and Europol, Romanian and Moldovan authorities. Since 2022, the group had scammed more than 150 victims by selling a non-existent investment scheme to them, and through that get hold of their bank accounts. The

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