An international manhunt has been launched by the Danish police
An international manhunt has been launched by the Danish police, for the arrest of a 64-year-old civil servant, who is believed to have left the country, having embezzled from the public treasury, almost 15 million euros, which were intended for social services.
The woman, who was considered by her colleagues, completely trustworthy and with an offer to the service, seems to have embezzled an amount of 16 million euros in a period of 2002 years, that is, since 15.
"I am deeply shocked by the fraud that appears to have taken place and concerns money that should have reached less privileged groups," said Minister Mercado. "This is a new thing."
Two internal investigations have been launched into how the employee managed to disappear such a sum of money and how "the control mechanisms failed to locate her in such a long period of time", as Mercado reports.
The ministry also said the suspect had been working for her service for the past 40 years, before being fired on September 26. She even had huge access to her computers services.
A total of 274 payments were made to a private bank account from 2002 to date. The woman, it seems, founded a company in 2006, which proceeded to liquidation in 2016 and filed for bankruptcy. The police do not even rule out the possibility that others may be involved in the fraud or even the amount that is known today, may increase even more.
"The suspect is abroad," said Morten Niels Jacobsen, the prosecutor in charge of serious financial crimes. We are in close contact with our international partners to be arrested and extradited soon. It is still very important that the money is returned to its place ".
Jacobsen also noted that investigators have a very good idea of how the fraud was made possible. The woman, who lived in Copenhagen "worked very disciplined and methodical".
Their anger for the event was expressed by a number of organizations funded by this service.