The police search 160 houses and shops. This happens in 19 lands. Police check cars in Germany and Austria. The helpers look for bad people. The people change old phones. They sell the old phones as new phones online.
Many people lose money. The loss is 300 million euro. The bad people sell 1 million phones. People build the phones in Asia. The phones go to Germany via the Netherlands. The people send the phones to buyers.
The group does not pay tax. Tax is money for the land. The land misses 30 million euro. The police catch 7 people. 1,800 helpers find proof. Police search a big hall in Krefeld. Many thousand phones are there.
