Foreign fraudsters arrested after alleged $250,000 online con
Two alleged fraudsters have been arrested at a South Bank restaurant in Brisbane after it’s alleged they swindled 200 victims with the promise of discount items online.
Latvian nationals Anastasija Sveinika and Aleksandrs Gorikijis allegedly tricked Australians into buying bargains online which never existed.
The pair arrived in country on March 2 and using their Latvian passports it’s alleged they opened several bank accounts creating businesses and 28 websites.
It’s alleged they scammed $252,000 with most of it sent back to Eastern Europe.
On Tuesday police raided a Norman Park share house where they allegedly found evidence of fraud including money transfer forms and almost $6,000 in cash.
