The State Police of Cagliari arrested a 40-year-old woman and her 20-year-old son on charges of aggravated fraud in competition and violation of the obligations of special public safety surveillance.
The two allegedly organized a scam that targeted a man from Pordenone . In particular, the woman lured the unfortunate man on a Whatsapp chat by pretending to be a real estate saleswoman commissioned by an agency and managed to convince him to buy an apartment at a competitive price.
The man, convinced of the goodness of the deal, began to make a series of bank transfers in favor of the woman and her son, for an amount of about twenty-five thousand euros . Subsequently, the two demanded a further disbursement of about 10,000 euros to complete the deed and cover the notary fees.
The possible scam in progress, however, came to the attention of the Police. The agents of the Flying Squad were therefore able to trace the victim and immediately reconstruct the latest bank movements, ascertaining that the mother and son had recently collected the sum in some post offices in the city of Cagliari.
Further investigations, checks and searches were then carried out, which allowed almost the entire sum stolen from the victim with the last bank transfer to be recovered.
The mother and son were both arrested on suspicion of fraud aggravated by the use of IT tools, but the woman was also charged with violating the obligations of special surveillance, a measure to which she was already subjected and which specifically prohibited her from using IT tools for commercial transactions.
At the end of the summary hearing, both defendants were subjected to the precautionary measure of having to sign in.
(Online Union)
