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Taxler saves pensioner couple from ruin

2022-12-15T05:17:43.303Z


Taxler saves pensioner couple from ruin Created: 12/15/2022, 06:00 By: Hans Moritz Bounty for courageous action: The taxi entrepreneur Aytekin Karakazik (2nd from right) and his partner Sabrina Mayrhofer (2nd from left) were greeted by Erding's detective chief, Criminal Director Thomas Weber (right), and the head of Commissariat 3, the First Detective Chief Inspector Doris Ortanderl ( l.), exce


Taxler saves pensioner couple from ruin

Created: 12/15/2022, 06:00

By: Hans Moritz

Bounty for courageous action: The taxi entrepreneur Aytekin Karakazik (2nd from right) and his partner Sabrina Mayrhofer (2nd from left) were greeted by Erding's detective chief, Criminal Director Thomas Weber (right), and the head of Commissariat 3, the First Detective Chief Inspector Doris Ortanderl ( l.), excellent.

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Aytekin Karakazik has been driving a taxi for 22 years and has been a taxi entrepreneur since 2002.

But he will not forget this trip in February 2022.

Erding - Through his prudent and courageous behavior and that of his partner Sabrina Mayrhofer, the two saved an elderly couple from ruin - and put two false police officers behind bars.

Now, ten months later, the owner of "Taxi Tekin", based in Erding and Mayrhofer, was praised by the police.

Criminal Director Thomas Weber, head of the Erding Criminal Police Inspectorate, and the First Chief Inspector Doris Ortanderl, head of Commissariat 3, thanked them and handed over a donation of money.


Karakazik still remembers exactly how the day in February played out.

"I was just on my way from our home in Dorfen to Erding," says the 44-year-old.

Halfway there, the new father received a radio message from the taxi headquarters in Erding that he should drive an elderly couple from their hometown in the eastern district to Munich, wait there and then bring them back.


A routine tour for Karakazik.

But he soon realized that something was wrong here.

"A man pretended to be a grandson and said that money was not an issue for the trip." That was unusual, reports the entrepreneur, "because the guests always ask how much it costs, especially on longer trips".


And something else made him suspicious: The client did not give his name. "I called him, but he didn't answer.

He only responded to a WhatsApp from me and gave me the address.

When I asked why he wasn't going to use the phone, he wrote to me that he was at his company and that only internet telephony was possible there.” He was also surprised at that.


Karakazik picked up the couple in the morning hours and drove them to Munich.

This gave him the impression that something must be wrong here.

"The whole trip was silent.

Normally someone is always talking,” reports the 44-year-old with more than two decades of professional experience.

All he knew was that it was supposed to go to a Deutsche Bank branch in Munich.

"I've heard a lot about the scam with fake police officers and grandchildren tricksters, and somehow I had the feeling that one was just about to start here." With that, he almost demonstrated a criminal instinct, as it turned out.


Karakazik wanted to play it safe.

Without his passengers noticing, he informed his partner, 35-year-old teacher Sabrina Mayrhofer.

"At some point I asked them to call the police as a precaution, but I also had doubts as to whether I wasn't overshooting the mark." The officers later confirmed that he had acted correctly.


Mayrhofer called the Dorfen police, who informed their Munich colleagues.

When the taxi pulled up in front of the bank branch, detectives were stationed not only in the bank, but also in front of it.


The handcuffs clicked before the scammers could make any fat loot.

The damage would have been enormous.

Because the perpetrators were not only after a large sum of cash, but also almost stole several kilograms of gold that the pensioners had deposited in the bank.


But how did it come to this?

A spokesman for the police headquarters in Upper Bavaria North reconstructs the case, which always plays out in this way or something similar: The couple was led to believe that there had been a robbery in the neighborhood, in which the fugitive perpetrators left a note with the address of the suspect at the scene of the crime couple would have lost.

Therefore, a slump in the injured party is to be expected.

All valuables should now be brought to safety by the police.


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The couple would not have been the first victims.

The Presidium reports that further investigations revealed that both perpetrators had previously made several pick-ups from victims of so-called call center fraudsters.

Among other things, a five-digit sum of cash from a previous rip-off was secured from one of the suspects.

A judge ordered both men into pre-trial detention, which they have held since February pending their trial.


Karakazik and Mayrhofer are happy to have saved an elderly couple from losing almost all of their fortune.

The 44-year-old admits that it makes her proud "that the police thanked us three times."

What makes him sad, on the other hand: "I never heard from the couple again.

I mean, the two of them could have contacted us again." The small family is happy about the commendation, "but it's more important to us that we were able to help".

That's what the Kripo advises: Recently, crimes in which fraudsters pretend to be fake police officers have been increasing.

The Kripo advises never to give information about assets or cash possessions.

Under no circumstances should valuables be handed over to strangers.


Sometimes the crooks call with 110 on the display.

But the real police never call the emergency number.

If in doubt, hang up and call 911 yourself.

Attention: Never press the callback button, because then you end up back with the perpetrators.


It is extremely unusual for the police to search the neighborhood after a robbery or burglary to collect valuables.


It is also a purely criminal scam to have relatives pay a bail after alleged accidents or crimes.

If in doubt, dial 110.

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Source: merkur

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