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False police officers in the Murten region fiddle. Keystone-SDA Several people became victims of false police officers in the Murten region at the beginning of month.The fraudsters stole a total of CHF 41,000.You are suspected of being involved in other cases of telephone fraud and working for a criminal network. 2 minutes (Keystone-sda) The two accused are 19 years old and come from Afghanistan and Turkey, as the Freiburg cantonal police said on Thursday.The two were arrested in the canton of Aargau. Various people had contacted older people in the Murten region and pretended to be police officers.Under the pretext of irregularity at the bank, they persuaded a 72-year-old woman to get money from the bank themselves and deposit in a place where the fraudsters then picked up the money. On the same day, a couple also became the victim of a similar fraud in the 1970s.It took up a sum of money and deposited it in a place specified by the wrong police officers. Alleged perpetrators in custody Thanks to information from the victims, the alleged fraudsters could be stopped on the same day.In surveys, they admitted to picking up the money.They would have given the amount of around CHF 36,500 to a 39-year complicity.The remaining amount was found in the vehicle of the two young men. The 39-year-old accomplice was also arrested.He also admitted that he had received the money to transfer it to another third party. All three men are suspected of working as a middlemen and money couriers for presumably living abroad.One of the accused confessed to picking up several envelopes with a total value of around CHF 150,000 in various locations in Switzerland.The three alleged fraudsters are in custody. Police advise caution In their message, the Freiburg cantonal police expressly point out that they never confiscate bank cards, cash or valuables from private individuals in order to bring them to safety.She advises not to be unsettled by such calls or visits and to cancel the contact as quickly as possible.