She pretended to have huge financial resources also thanks to the assets of an elderly aunt and convinced a jeweler from Cagliari to sell her precious items and watches, for a total value of 65 thousand euros , paid only with advance payments.
It is the scam discovered by the investigators of the Cagliari mobile team who reported a 38 -year-old woman, already known to the police for similar crimes, for aggravated fraud and receiving stolen goods.
The scam began on 5 August last and continued, on several occasions, until Wednesday 24.
The woman went to the jewelry store and asked to see jewels and watches , chatting with the owner and providing information on his huge financial resources. Then he chose some jewels and to prove that he had the capital to afford them, he paid with advances for a lower amount than the value of the goods purchased. Returning to the shop other times to choose other jewels, she showed that she wanted to pay with the ATM but the operations were not completed, with the excuse that the monthly limit had been exceeded. The woman also said that she also made purchases in the name of a wealthy aunt .
The jeweler found out he was duped on August 24, when the woman showed up in the shop and handed him an envelope . "Inside there is the money for the balance - he would say - I go to my aunt's house to get more money and I come back to count it with her". But the 38-year-old has never returned.
The shopkeeper opened the envelope and discovered that there were blocks of paper inside and not money.
She reported everything to the police and the investigators of the mobile team, coordinated by the manager Fabrizio Mustaro, started the investigations, .
