Jewelry thieves as the wrong waterworks: process in Verden starts!

Jewelry thieves as the wrong waterworks: process in Verden starts!

Before the Verden district court, there are currently four men from the district of Diepholz, who have to answer for fraud and theft in several cases. These so -called “false waterworks” committed a total of eleven deeds in Oldenburg, Wildeshausen and Berlin between June 2024 and January 2025. According to nwzonline All accused stood up with the 3. large Jugendkammer and the public prosecutor's office had agreed to communicate.

It becomes particularly delicate when you consider that the oldest victims are over 80 years old. Jewelry with an estimated value of 5,300 euros has been captured, whereby this was not regulated by the insurance. A son of a family affected as a witness described how his parents were looted by the perpetrators while he was on site himself. The condition of his mother, who suffers from sleep disorders and anxiety after the attack, is alarming while his father is ill.

law sentence and follow

The men picked up were punished differently. Two brothers, 20 and 30 years old, received probation penalties of one and a half to two years, with the 30-year-old being pre-contaminated for computer fraud. One of the third accused, a 38-year-old relative of the brothers, received a probation penalty of three to nine months, while the oldest accused from Asendorf had to expect up to three years and two months, since he was under ongoing probation at the time. The family of the 20-year-old perpetrator offered to pay 5,000 euros in damages in order to alleviate the damage caused.

The fraud stitch that the perpetrators used is not an isolated case. Police authorities report similar incidents not only in Verden, but also in other cities, such as recently in Göttingen. Here two false waterworks tricked a couple of seniors and stole cash and valuable jewelry by falsifying a water pipe fragment scenario and winning the senior citizens' trust with fake IDs, such as Tag24 reported.

prevention is the key

The tragedy of such change of perpetrators shows how important it is to educate older people about common fraud stitches. The fraudsters often target seniors and use their trust. For example, the grandchildren trick and shock calls are known, which lead to a targeted manner that help is set as soon as possible. It is therefore crucial to sensitize seniors and establish best practice to protect themselves. This includes checking the identity of visitors and the information of relatives or the police about suspicious events, such as Nursing Hilitage

Of course, it remains to be hoped that such incidents are not only anchored in the court halls, but also in the consciousness of the people in order to put potential perpetrators the craft and to enable older people a safe living environment.