Two young Ukrainians detained for fraud in Bucharest. They claimed to be ASF employees.

Two young Ukrainians, aged 19 and 20, were arrested on Friday by the Capital police for fraud. They presented themselves as employees of the Financial Supervisory Authority and convinced a 39-year-old woman to transfer large sums of money.

Between July 2-3, 2026, the woman was contacted by phone by several individuals who misled her, claiming that her funds were in danger. To create an appearance of legality, they asked her to withdraw money from her accounts and deposit it through Bitcoin ATMs, using QR codes sent by them. Thus, the woman deposited approximately 69,700 lei, and later, at a meeting arranged in the Flower Park, she handed over to a man the sum of 217,000 lei, believing that he was a representative of the bank.

After realizing that she had been scammed, she filed a complaint, and the police managed to identify the two young men. They were detained for 24 hours and are to be presented before the magistrates.