IT procurement fraudsters outsmart even Karosta basement mysteries — police arrest 21 digital mystery masters
While in Liepāja we're still trying to memorize all the Karosta basement passages, a more complex puzzle has been uncovered in Riga — how 21 people managed to make secret agreements worth 1.5 million euros.
State police have announced the uncovering of a grandiose IT procurement fraud case in which 21 people have been arrested. While in Liepāja we're still trying to memorize all the Karosta basement passages and their secrets, an even more complex mystery has been revealed in Riga — how 21 people managed to organize a secret network that surpasses even the underground labyrinths of the Tsar's naval base.
The organized group conspired to predetermine winners in public procurements worth 1.5 million euros. As one Liepāja IT specialist said: 'Here we're still thinking about how to run Wi-Fi to Karosta, but they've already divided all the European money among themselves.' Indeed, while our city's biggest technological challenge is the tram ticket machine, cybercrime dramas are unfolding in the capital.
Particularly spicy is the fact that some projects could even affect elections. Liepāja organizers haven't thought that far ahead — they're still trying to figure out how to properly turn on a computer. But these criminal masterminds were already planning to influence democratic procedures with their IT solutions.
Police had to conduct 67 searches to solve this modern-day Sherlock Holmes mystery. While in Liepāja we pride ourselves on our local entrepreneurs honestly competing for every contract and not losing a single document to the sea wind, such technological thrillers are happening in the capital. At least now we know that our simple approach to business is the right one.
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