Avellino – They had staged one of the most insidious scams, playing on the fragility and family love of a 91-year-old woman. Two men living in Naples had had over two thousand euros handed over to them under the pretext that a relative of the victim was being held in the Carabinieri barracks and risked arrest. A carefully planned set-up, culminating with the men arriving at the victim's home to personally collect the money.
But the plan quickly collapsed. The agents of the Avellino Flying Squad managed to track them down and arrest them in record time, returning the entire sum to the elderly woman. With them also a third accomplice, a minor girl, reported at large and entrusted to her parents.
The two men were subjected to a summary trial: the court found them guilty of aggravated fraud and sentenced them to one year and four months of imprisonment, with a suspended sentence, plus a 400 euro fine each. But not only that: both were ordered to leave immediately Avellino and a ban on re-entering for the next four years.
Article published on May 8, 2025 - 16:39 pm
The article is interesting but there are many things that are not clear. How did these men deceive the 91 year old woman? And why was an underage girl involved? I hope there are more details on the story.