He pays 9,300 euros for a car he will never drive.

And two years later, in court in Sassari, he sees the person who, according to the accusations, had defrauded him two years ago sentenced to 8 months in prison.

In recent days, the sentence of Judge Elena Barmina condemned to pay compensation a 37-year-old from Alghero held responsible for a scam against a 48-year-old from Sassari . Who had signed together with the other, in 2021, a private agreement to purchase a Ford, paying three bank transfers, with the promise of receiving it in a few days.

But time passes and there is no trace of the car , first, so the seller tells him, because it arrives from Belgium, then because it stops in Frosinone, and finally because it is blocked by the DMV.

When the 48-year-old asks for the money back, he no longer sees it and so decides to file a complaint with the police, thus triggering the proceedings in which he joined the lawyer Antonio Meloni as a civil party. Now the accused, defended by the lawyer Danilo Mattana, will have to reimburse the offended party with a provision of 11 thousand euros in addition to paying a fine.