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In an unprecedented fraud operation on Danish soil, several stores in Aarhus, Haderslev, Odense, and Copenhagen were visited by Chinese scammers. One of the Chinese men said he was forced to do it.

Chinese criminals on a sophisticated fraud spree in Denmark

Et mystisk mønster dukkede i forsommeren op hos Føtex.

Tirsdag 16. juni fik tre forskellige butikker i løbet af få timer pludselig besøg af kinesiske kunder, der alle købte det samme.

Indkøbene er blevet foretaget med kreditkortoplysninger, der er stjålet fra intetanende danskere – efter alt at dømme af et professionelt netværk, der for første gang er taget i at operere på dansk grund.

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