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The Guardia di Finanza of Savona has carried out an order for the application of the precautionary measure of custody in prison against a 26-year-old from Crotone. The charge is aggravated fraud and telephone harassment. The provision was issued by the investigating judge of Savona, at the request of the local public prosecutor’s office. The online scam, according to those investigating, amounts to around 80 thousand euros. According to the investigations, the 26-year-old managed to influence the victim, promising her, through the sending of numerous messages, both written and vocal, the sending of elusive large quantities of pellets, offered for sale on online platforms at advantageous prices. The victim would have been induced by the Crotone man to pay large sums of money without, however, ever receiving any marketed product. To make it difficult for the offended person to identify himself, the fraudster used telephone accounts attributable to third parties, subsequently having the proceeds of the crime credited to financial reports and credit cards registered in the name of 16 other compliant people, also resident in Calabria, who will now have to answer for money laundering.
