Large-scale operation by the State Police of Vercelli to dismantle a criminal association aimed at committing fraud against elderly people. This is reported by colleagues at notiziaoggivercelli.it
Arrests in various cities
The police officers of the Vercelli Flying Squad, supported by those of the Flying Squads of Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta and coordinated by the Central Operations Service, are carrying out various precautionary measures in prison ordered by the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
27 scams between Piedmont and Lombardy
The operation, called “Charon”, was directed by the Deputy Prosecutor Rosamaria Ierahas shed light on 27 fraud incidents committed by the gang in the provinces of Vercelli,
Biella, Lodi, Alessandria, Pavia, Varese, Como, Milan and Monza.
The accident scam
In the dozens of confirmed cases, the victims reported having received a phone call from a member of the police force, a lawyer or even a family member, who reported a road accident, which in reality never occurred, in which a relative of the victim was involved; to avoid unfortunate consequences, judicial or health, for the relative involved, the self-styled professional claimed that it was necessary to urgently deliver them a large sum of money and, if the victim was not able to reach the requested sum, the scammers convinced him to hand over all the family jewels and gold in his possession.
