The police caught a 17-year-old who was withdrawing money from scams on BLIK. He explained that this was his job

Jak , officers from the police station in Sobótka detained a teenager who paid money from crimes. The 17-year-old was caught red-handed while using one of the ATMs. When he saw the police, he ran away.

The police caught a teenager who was withdrawing money from scams

The teenager paid out the stolen funds using the BLIK method, which is a recently very popular method of scammers. Cybercriminals convince (usually by phone) their potential victims that their money accumulated in a bank account is at risk or ask for help in apprehending imaginary fraudsters. Posing as bank employees, they persuade victims to transfer funds to a “safe account” with the popular BLIK. As soon as they receive the BLIK code, they withdraw money from the ATM and cut off contact with the victim.

Victims of the fact that they have fallen victim to fraud usually find out after some time. Recently, we have described, for example, the case of a 54-year-old woman who believed that she was helping the prosecutor’s office catch fraudsters from her bank. The woman transferred almost PLN 200,000 to the “special account”, giving the criminals BLIK codes.

The 17-year-old was probably a pole of fraudsters, i.e. it was used by them to physically withdraw funds using BLIK codes swindled from victims. It is not known what he intended to do with the funds paid, but he himself does not admit guilt. The teenager told the police that he was only doing his job. This was to consist in making cash withdrawals from ATMs using BLIK codes sent to him by his employer. The detained person emphasized that he knew nothing about the procedure in which he was involved and was even less aware that the money came from crime.

He’s not yet 18, and he could spend the next eight years behind bars

The police believe that the extremely attractive offer that does not require “work” should raise doubts of the 17-year-old as to the legality of the tasks and the money earned. His unusual behavior of a teenager is also surprising, as he immediately ran away when he saw the uniformed officers. Had he not known that he was breaking the law, he probably would have acted differently.

Now the court will decide whether the boy will be charged with complicity in the crime. Although he is not yet an adult, he faces a very severe punishment. So far, he has been charged with seven counts of fraud, for which he could face up to eight years in prison.

The police warns to watch out not only for telephone and Internet scams, but also suspicious job offers that appear on the Internet. Most often, these offers are answered by young people, tempted by the possibility of quick and easy earning. As the officers describe in the communication, people undertaking such tasks unfortunately do not see or do not want to see anything suspicious in them.