The investigation activity that led to the referral of the suspects was started following a complaint filed by a seventy year old of the place, who reported having been the victim of a scam perpetrated by a young woman, unknown to him, who had contacted him by telephone.
The latter, passing itself off as the daughter of the elder and claiming that she had lost her old cell phone and therefore needed to receive money to buy a new one, she had managed to get credited, via bank transfer, over 300 €.
The elderly man, misled, only after having made the relevant payment, discovered that he had been defrauded and that his daughter, in reality, had never lost her cell phone or asked for money. He therefore decided to turn to the Carabinieri of Cantalice Station who, upon receiving news of the crime, immediately began investigations into the case.
Starting from the analysis of the economic transaction carried out and the telephone number used to commit the fraud, the military personnel of the Arma were able to identify 9 Guests which, with August e September last year, with the same technique used to deceive the elderly man from Rieti, they committed more than 30 scams in various areas of the center of Italy, managing to have a total amount of over 50.000 €.
All subjects were reported to theJudicial authority for fraud.
On this occasion the Carabinieri always recommend paying the utmost attention to any requests for money made by telephone or by unknown persons and reporting any suspicious cases to the Single Emergency Number 112 or to the nearest Carabinieri station.
It is acknowledged, as usual, that the criminal proceedings is still in the phase of preliminary investigations and that any criminal liability will be assessed by theJudicial authority.
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