Alcamo, pretends to be a Carabiniere and defrauds an elderly woman: 49-year-old arrested
Another scammer was arrested, a 49-year-old who had posed as a Carabiniere and had the elderly lady's wedding ring and jewelery delivered. The man was caught red-handed inside the lady's home.
Alcamo (Trapani), he pretends to be a fake Carabiniere and defrauds an elderly woman: 49-year-old arrested
The Carabinieri of the Company from Alcamo they arrested a 49-year-old convicted felon, caught red-handed inside the home of an elderly woman womens and perpetrated a scam with the "modus operandi" of the self-styled Carabiniere/Lawyer.
The soldiers of the Company from Trapani, on patrol duty near the hospital, they noticed a car driving in the opposite direction with a woman on board evidently state of agitation. Thorough inspection, the woman declared that she was going to the Trapani hospital as a self-styled "Carabiniere", which at that time was a mother's house, had informed her of a road accident occurred to his father and that he was dying in the emergency room of the Trapani hospital.
The Carabinieri of Trapani, suspicious by unclear dynamics, they immediately verified that no accident had occurred and, together with the soldiers of the Alcamo Company, they went to the elderly woman's house where they stopped the 49-year-old while trying to escape from a secondary exit of the house.
The next a personal search allowed the wedding ring and a bag containing numerous gold jewels to be found that the man had had delivered from the old woman. All the stolen goods were returned.
Following further investigations, also thanks to the viewing of urban video surveillance images, the 49-year-old was allegedly the perpetrator of similar criminal acts also in Trapani where is it, qualifying himself as a self-styled "Carabiniere", it would be had other victims deliver other gold jewelery and cash.
The man following his arrest and hearing of validation was transferred to the prison of Trapani.
Today's arrest is the fruit of the incessant investigative effort of the Carabinieri of the province of Trapani which, to combat the serious phenomenon of scams affecting vulnerable people which is affecting the territory:
- they proceeded, last June, to the arrest of two other individuals who allegedly carried out scams in Trapani using the same “modus operandi”;
- they carry out training meetings in parishes, municipal offices and welfare or recreational facilities, in order to illustrate the modus operandi of these unscrupulous individuals by providing useful advice on how to recognize a scam attempt in the bud and how to behave;
Recently, to raise awareness and strengthen attention on the issue, the General Command of the Carabinieri launched a communication campaign aimed at the most vulnerable population affected by this type of crime with the participation of the famous actor Lino Banfi.
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