Nineteen charged in mobile phone scam

Nineteen people faced charges on Thursday in connection with a scam that is believed to have cost a mobile phone firm more than 3.6 million euros. The scam was allegedly set up by a 41-year-old employee of the unnamed company, who would fill orders with the details of former customers for new phones, usually high-end smartphones, presenting them as complimentary gifts for existing clients. The devices would then be sent to the employee’s accomplices, who would sell them on the black market.

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