They pretended to be postmen to defraud an 88-year-old woman but were arrested by the Flying Squad of Reggio Calabria who was on the trail of two individuals believed to be responsible for a similar episode. The two, Claudio Maddaloni, aged 29, e Salvatore Presutti, of 25, both of Napoli, are accused of fraud and theft in a home and by snatching.
The woman was contacted by a person posing as a nephew named Guido, who asked her to pick up a package at the post office on Via Venezia, in the city center. The parcel was notified in a second call on January 8th by an accomplice of the arrested men, who introduced himself to the woman's son as the post office manager.
Taking advantage of the woman's son's absence, who had gone to Via Venezia to verify the strange request, Maddaloni, according to the prosecution, showed up at the elderly woman's home while Presutti was waiting in the car. Posing as the postman, the young man demanded a payment of 5.500 to receive the package.
Elderly woman defrauded in Reggio Calabria: two Neapolitans arrested
Not having the cash, before hastily leaving, Maddaloni had the woman hand over some gold jewelry, even managing to steal some of the rings she was wearing.
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Maddaloni spontaneously handed over the stolen jewelry and immediately confessed to having defrauded the 88-year-old along with Presutti. The arrested man said he had received the order from a person he had met the day before in Piazza Mercato. NapoliThe latter, whose name he did not provide, also reportedly gave him the addresses of other potential victims.
A list of elderly people that the agents of the Flying Squad led by Alfonso Iadevaia, found on Maddaloni's phone who, according to investigators, did not tell the whole truth. Starting with the accomplices, among whom there would be a insider in Reggio Calabria. At the request of the Prosecutor's Office headed by Giovanni Bombardieri, the investigating judge validated the arrests and ordered their detention in prison.
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