"Soldier in Yemen"

Borrowed €100,000 from family, paid to fraudsters

A Tyrolean woman (69) from the Innsbruck-Land district is likely to regret this for a long time to come. She borrowed a total of more than €100,000 from her siblings. She "invested" the money in an "American soldier in Yemen". However, a fraudster was hiding behind this person.

The 69-year-old had met the fraudster on Facebook in March 2023. "He pretended to be an American soldier stationed in Yemen," the police said. The fraudster claimed that he needed money for alleged freight costs for a transport company.

Money borrowed from siblings
Presumably blinded by love, the Tyrolean woman made several Bitcoin transfers. By February 15, the amount totaled more than 100,000 euros. What's particularly crass: as the woman didn't have that much money, she borrowed it from her siblings.