From Naples to the Amalfi Coast to defraud the elderly: 31-year-old arrested
By pretending to be her nephew, he had defrauded an elderly woman from Scala into giving her cash and gold jewelry. An episode for which a 31-year-old from Naples ended up under house arrest, considered responsible for "aggravated fraud" to the detriment of an elderly person. The order was executed by the Carabinieri of the Company of Amalfi, in collaboration with the military of the Naples-Stella and Naples-Poggioreale Companies. At the same time, several searches were carried out. The investigations began in September 2020, following the complaint filed by an 83-year-old originally from Ladder.
The woman had told investigators that she had been tricked with the well-known system of delivering a package ordered by a phantom nephew. The criminals had called the elderly woman, a female voice had reported that the young nephew needed a loan of a considerable sum of money to buy a personal computer. At that point a male person intervened and, pretending to be the nephew, had reassured the woman, asking her to advance the money. After a few minutes, as agreed, the elderly woman had met in the town square with another accomplice, identified as the 31-year-old, who delivered the package in exchange for the money. The elderly woman, despite not having the entire sum, had paid a considerable sum of money in cash.
Shortly after, however, the so-called nephew invited her to also give her gold jewelry to his friend in exchange for another package. The man, after having obtained necklaces and bracelets (with a value between 7.000 and 10.000 euros), drove away in his car. A few hours later, the woman opened the packages she had received, finding two reams of paper and two electronic scales inside. At that point, realizing she had been scammed, she alerted her children and the police, who seized the packages and their contents. The images from the video surveillance cameras then made it possible to identify the license plate of the car used to commit the scam. A few days later, the 31-year-old was checked in the same car. Further investigations made it possible to identify his fingerprints on the seized material and the victim also recognized him through photographic identification.
Article published on 23 April 2021 - 14:37
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