They pretend to be carabinieri and defraud an 86-year-old woman, discovered and reported.
It happened in Baiso, in the province of Reggio Emilia. The alleged scammers, a 22-year-old and a 21-year-old, both residents of Naples, were reported to the Reggio Emilia Prosecutor's Office for conspiracy to commit fraud.
The incident dates back to April, when the elderly woman was contacted by telephone by a man who, introducing himself as a Carabinieri marshal, asked her a series of questions aimed at obtaining information useful for the scam.
The man then called the elderly woman again, informing her that her granddaughter had been arrested for running over a pregnant woman, causing the death of the child.
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To free her, the elderly woman was asked to hand over a deposit to a colleague, who shortly thereafter showed up at her door, obtaining 850 euros in cash and several gold jewels.
Subsequently, theelderly he discovered that his niece had not been involved in any accident and filed a complaint with the Carabinieri.
The investigation led to the identification of the car used by the scammers, which turned out to be a rental, and to the identification of the two young suspects.
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