Rome, steals a wallet and uses the prepaid card to make purchases: 48-year-old arrested

State Police officers of the Porta Pia police station, at the end of an investigation coordinated by the PMs of the Rome Prosecutor's Office, have carried out an application order of the precautionary measure of custody in prison against a 48 year old Italian man because he is seriously suspected of the crimes of aggravated theft, theft with dexterity and improper use and falsification of payment instruments other than cash.

Investigators have launched a thorough info-investigative investigation, following a complaint filed on February 6th, by a specialist from the Umberto I Polyclinic, who had said that, before starting the afternoon shift at the hospital, he had placed his wallet in a backpack which he had left in a room in the clinic of the 1st Medical Clinic. Your turn is over, woman then realized that her wallet had been taken away and, at the same time, he had received several alerts on your smartphone regarding the use of your prepaid card.

The unfortunate woman then, via the dedicated app, he was able to verify that the transactions had taken place in a tobacconist and in a bar near the Polyclinic.

The policemen, Thanks viewing the images from the video surveillance system of the two commercial businesses, they ascertained that the physical features of the alleged perpetrator of the crime were very similar in both circumstances. Furthermore, the operators, on the basis of the information and descriptions provided, they showed a photo album portraying the effigies of some subjects resembling the one later recognized as the perpetrator of the crime by the owner of one of the businesses, who confirmed that the man had carried out a transaction at his business.

The agents then tracked him down and identified him as a 48-year-old Roman, for which, at the end of the ritual activities, the Judicial Authority subsequently ordered the application measure of precautionary custody in prison.