He had proposed to buy her some Easter palms. Then he had asked her for jewels and gold objects to chase away the negative influences from his family. In reality there was no “superpower” on the part of a forty-seven-year-old, who was reported by the police for aggravated fraud.
The episode dates back to early April, when an acquaintance showed up at the home of a woman from Uras to sell her some palms for Easter. During the chat, she spoke of “negative influences” that had struck some family members, but immediately proposed a remedy: she would have to deliver gold objects that, after spiritual rites, would be returned to her . Some time later, the swindler returned with a new scam: pretending to recite prayers against the evil eye, she asked for more gold in exchange for the image of a saint.
At that point the lady reported the incident to the Carabinieri. The soldiers of the Mogoro Company managed to track down the swindler and, in collaboration with the Carabinieri of Morgongiori and the “Cacciatori Sardegna”, during the search at her home they found all the jewels she had taken away .
