The Veronese force is increasingly committed to preventing and combating the hateful phenomenon of fraud on vulnerable subjects; there are many initiatives, through public meetings where the most frequent methods of scams are illustrated to the elderly and what measures can be taken to defend themselves, the saying is “Help us to help you”. And it was thanks to the help of attentive citizens that in the early afternoon of last Saturday the soldiers of the Bovolone Carabinieri Station identified and reported two people, including a minor, to the competent judicial authorities for an attempted fraud against a elderly local woman. In a short time, many phone calls from citizens arrived at the local Carabinieri station reporting that they had been contacted by self-styled carabinieri, who announced the arrival of a lawyer at their homes to settle the bail with valuables or money for the release of family members held in prison. barracks under arrest following road accidents with consequences for third parties.
Having located the area to which the calls had been directed, the soldiers of the Carabinieri immediately implemented a device aimed at identifying the subjects who would have presented themselves to the victims, blocking a car with two subjects of Campania origin on board, on whose navigator there was The residence address of an 85-year-old was set, previously called by an accomplice, who was preparing jewelery to be delivered, believing that her son was also being held in the barracks following a road accident.
The active and timely cooperation between the Carabinieri and citizens once again averted the worst.
