Fraudsters posing as police officers stole 3.3 million euros ($3.7 million) from a Swiss woman through an elaborate scam that involved a fake plot implicating the victim’s bank, Swiss media reported Wednesday. A female suspect first contacted the victim in Zurich in November, posing as an officer who claimed to be investigating a network of thieves, according to the ATS news agency. The woman was told that employees at her bank were planning to rob her. READ ALSO: BBNaija winner, Miracle, certified as ‘Instrument Rated’ PilotThe suspects asked the woman to keep details of their investigation secret. A police investigation into the scam, which cost the woman 3.6 million Swiss francs, is ongoing, ATS said.

Source: Punch June 26, 2019 11:15 UTC