One of Germany's largest online fraud trials begins next Tuesday at the Saarbrücken regional court. The court and the Saarbrücken public prosecutor's office confirmed this to Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR). The trial involves more than 1,100 defrauded investors from Austria and Germany who lost a total of around 42 million euros.

The defendant is 29-year-old Azem S., who is said to have operated a call center in Kosovo. He is accused of commercial gang fraud. He is said to be part of an international network that has scammed investors out of their money with fake online trading platforms.

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On the portals called “XMarkets.com”, “Zoomtrader”, “Option888”, “TradeInvest90” and “TradoVest”, the operators offered supposedly lucrative financial bets. According to the public prosecutor's office, consultants from Eastern European call centers persuaded investors over the phone to transfer more and more money to the portals. The money deposited is said to have only apparently flowed into financial bets, but actually went directly into the pockets of the suspected fraudsters.

According to the public prosecutor's office, the highest individual damage is 5.5 million euros, with an average of 35,000 euros per person affected.

The defense attorney for the accused call center operator did not want to comment on the allegations when asked by SR. The 29-year-old has been waiting in prison for his trial for almost three years due to the extensive investigation. The investigators seized a huge amount of data in 35 raids across Europe and subsequently analyzed it.

The actual main suspect in the fraud case, Uwe L., died of a drug overdose in the Saarbrücken prison in the summer of 2020. The exact circumstances of his death are unclear.

Sources: SR Saarländischer Rundfunk

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