Avellino. Carabinieri officers from the Dentecane station in the province of Avellino arrested a 73-year-old man from Mirabella Eclano on charges of aggravated and repeated fraud and the unauthorized exercise of financial activity.
The man, a retired bank employee, posed as a financial advisor and, taking advantage of his experience and the trust of others, defrauded eight people of approximately €1,5 million.
The investigations, coordinated by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Benevento, have allowed the reconstruction of the modus operandi of the crookAfter gaining his victims' trust, the man promised them safe and profitable investments. Once he obtained the money, he deposited it into personal bank accounts and never returned it.
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The victims of the scam are people of different ages and backgrounds, including retirees and small business owners. Some of them have invested all their savings, losing years of sacrifice.
By order of the investigating judge of the Benevento Court, the man was placed under house arrest. Attorney Cinzia Capone, representing eight of the victims, stated: "We will do everything we can to recover the sums representing years of sacrifice. But we need a lot of information to prevent these increasingly frequent scams."
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