At night, when the city was asleep, Yusuf (26) and Sleiman N. (29) would roam around the bank houses. Your destination: ATMs. If possible without a surveillance camera. There they plundered other people’s accounts with previously stolen credit and debit cards.
By Karin Hendrich
The younger of the brothers was now before the district court on 38 counts of completed or attempted commercial computer fraud.
As an employee at the post office and then at a subcontractor of the post office, he had keys for the district distribution boxes in which postal items for the deliverers were temporarily stored.
According to the indictment, he used illegally manufactured duplicate keys to gain access off-duty and fished out credit and bank cards. And a few days later the PINs sent separately. Armed with it, Brother Sleiman is said to have withdrawn money citywide. The duo’s booty: More than 20,000 euros.
An investigator (47): “We observed her on suspicion of burglaries. Instead, watched him and his brother at ATMs. But only one brother was caught. Yusuf N. escaped. When he was caught weeks later, duplicate keys and a DHL vest were found on him…
The accused: “The allegations are true – as far as I’m concerned.” He speaks of a “difficult school career” after the parents’ divorce. From the secondary school certificate… From his MS disease at the age of 19. “The diagnosis threw me at the time.”
From then on he wanted “to take everything with him and enjoy life, regardless of the losses”. sense of injustice? “I did not have. The banks would compensate people.”
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After his arrest, Yusuf N. initially got a release from prison. But he thoroughly forgot about it: Because he didn’t give up his criminal night shifts. The accused now: “The imprisonment hit me badly. I didn’t know how bad it was inside.” His illness got worse.
He finally wants to lead a different life: with his family (his wife is holding on to him). With an apprenticeship as a hotel clerk. So that he can repay his debts as quickly as possible. “Give me some perspective, please.”
The court did. Sentenced him to five years, four months in total, including the penalties already imposed for burglary and a first part of this series of frauds. One year less than requested by the prosecutor.