Credit: Ali Sahib, Chronicle.lu
On Friday 9 October 2026, the Grand Ducal Police reported the arrest of a suspected money mule in connection with a fraud case reported on the evening of Friday 2 October 2026, in which a large sum of money had been withdrawn from the victim's bank account.
According to initial information, during the investigation, a suspect, a so-called “money mule”, was identified. The woman was located and apprehended shortly afterwards. On the orders of the Public Prosecutor's Office, the suspect was arrested and brought before an investigating judge the following day.
According to the police, making a bank account available for the purpose of money laundering is punishable by imprisonment of up to five years and a fine of up to €1,250,000.
The money concerned, or its equivalent value, is confiscated. If this offence constitutes participation in the main or secondary activity of an association or organisation (Article 506-5, point 2 of the Criminal Code), it may result in prison sentences of between fifteen and twenty years.
In this context, the police continue to warn against phishing scams linked to the transition from Payconiq to WERO.
