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Pordenone, the State Police dismantles a gang dedicated to scams against elderly people

The robberies earned the criminals a total sum of around 25.000 euros in cash and gold jewellery.

Pordenone, the State Police dismantles a gang dedicated to scams against elderly people

The Pordenone State Police, following a series of scams against three elderly people perpetrated in this Province over the course of last summer, has initiated a specific investigative activity that has allowed them to ascertain the identity of the criminal group.

The two criminals, originally from Campania and with specific precedents, used the technique of “fake car accident” making the victim believe that one of their relatives was under arrest in a police station following a road accident.

Pordenone, la Polizia di Stato smantella una banda dedita alle truffe ai danni di persone anziane

In particular, one of the two Campanians called the elderly woman, identifying himself as a member of the police force, and falsely represented to her that her sister was responsible for a road accident and that she would have to pay compensation of 14.000 euros. When the elderly victim informed her that she did not have that amount of money, the criminal, keeping her on the phone, ordered her to collect the gold jewelry in her possession and put it in a handkerchief to deliver it to a trustee he had sent to her home. In fact, during the call the victim was reached by an accomplice who took delivery of the jewelry.

Similar modus operandi was found against two other victims, always single women of advanced age. The robberies earned the criminals a total sum of about 25.000 euros in cash and gold jewelry.

Following the house and personal searches carried out at the residence of the suspects by personnel of the Pordenone Flying Squad, together with personnel from the Naples Flying Squad, the fraudsters were subjected to the precautionary measure of the obligation to reside in the municipality of residence as they were considered seriously suspected of continued and aggravated fraud for having committed the act in the presence of circumstances such as to hinder private defense.

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