Four cases of scams targeting the elderly were reported to the Carabinieri between Agrigento, Canicattì and Ravanusa.
In Agrigento, a man, posing as the lawyer of the victim of a road accident caused by the daughter of an 85-year-old woman, obtained the delivery of 2,000 euros and several gold jewels from the pensioner. And then a fake policeman obtained 750 euros and various gold objects from a 74 year old woman to avoid legal trouble for her son who was involved in a serious road accident that never happened.
In Canicattì, two men, qualifying themselves as carabiniere and lawyer, induced a 71-year-old to hand over money and gold objects for a total of 22,000 euros, with the excuse of avoiding legal trouble for the pensioner’s nephew, accused of having caused a serious road accident.
In Ravanusa, a man, posing as a soldier, received 4,000 euros, a ring and a gold necklace from a 77-year-old woman under the pretext of paying a fine for the woman’s son.
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Professional journalist, from Agrigento. In February 1999 he made his television debut with Teleacras. Since 24 April 2012 he has been the editor in chief of the Agrigento broadcaster’s news. Angelo Ruoppolo has been a guest on numerous national radio and television windows. Just to name a few: Trio Medusa on Radio DeeJay, La vita in diretta on Rai 1, Rai 3 for Blob Best, Rai 1 with Tutti massimo per la tele, Barbareschi shock on La 7, Rai Radio 2 with Le colonna d’Ercole, with Radio DeeJay for Ciao Belli, on Rai 3 with Mi manda Rai 3, with Rai 2 in Coast to coast, with Rai 2 in Gli sbandati, again with Rai 2 in Viaggio nell’Italia del Giro, with Striscia la notizia on Canale 5 , with Radio 105 in the Radio 105 Zoo and Rebus on Rai 3. He was present and mentioned several times on the home pages of the Repubblica and Live Sicilia websites. Ruoppolo’s lookalike, Angelo Joppolo, alias Alessandro Pappacoda, was the protagonist of the successful and popular column “Camera Zhen”, broadcast on Teleacras, and of the Christmas film “Scratch and Run”, with a very crowded “premiere” at the Cine Astor of Agrigento. His videos on YouTube have almost 30 million total views as of June 2023. He was awarded several prizes including: “Sipario d’Oro”, “Alessio Di Giovanni”, “Mimosa d’Oro”, “Pippo Montalbano”. Email address: [email protected]
