Vacation scammed
Norwegian cheated 32 hotels out of around 40,000 euros
A Norwegian spent an entire winter enjoying himself in Austrian hotels, but didn't pay a cent. The fraudster managed this by using expired credit cards. Now he has to serve 15 months.
The defendant comes from Norway and already has several previous convictions for fraud - which is why he faces a more severe sentence for recidivism. On Monday, he had to explain himself in Salzburg Provincial Court for serious commercial fraud: According to the indictment, the 38-year-old stayed in a total of 32 different hotels, some of them luxurious, between October 2023 and March 2024 - in Linz, Steyr, Lofer, Kitzbühel, Innsbruck, Salzburg and other locations.
Defrauded with expired credit cards
But he didn't pay a cent. How? With expired credit cards. The businesses only realized after he left that the transactions were not working. Damage: around 40,000 euros.
The criminal made a full confession before the judge. The judge sentenced him to 15 months unconditional imprisonment - the sentence is already final.
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