The carabinieri of the Crotone station denounced a twenty -five year old who pretended to be the weapon to defraud the elderly, making himself delivered jewels and cash.
The investigations were taken by complaint filed by a ninety -four -year -old woman residing in Crotone. The woman would have been contacting by telephone by the scammer, who, fake carabiniere, would then have told her that she needs to compare jewels and cash with those of an alleged robbery against a jewelry. A few minutes later, the criminal would have gone to the victim’s house and had about 60000 euros delivered in cash and several jewels worth about 8000 euros.
The subsequent investigations carried out by the Crotone station and the subsection of the Sala Consilina traffic police have made it possible to trace the identity of the manager. For the purposes of identification, the vehicle used was decisive, where part of the stolen goods was then found.
This activity is incardinated in the broader contrast and prevention initiative to the phenomenon of scams against the elderly undertaken by the Provincial Carabinieri Command of Crotone with the coordination of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Crotone, in the person of the Prosecutor Domenico Guarascior.