Turin: assets worth €800,000 seized from two elderly fraud criminals
Turin's anti-crime police have seized villas, sports cars and jewellery from two habitual fraudsters. The assets, valued at €800,000, were the proceeds of fraud against elderly people.
€800,000 asset seizure in Turin: villas and sports cars taken from elderly fraud criminals
The anti-crime police division of Turin's police headquarters has executed the seizure of assets worth a total of approximately €800,000 against two individuals with numerous previous convictions for crimes against property. This is reported by poliziadistato.it.
The two suspects were conducting a luxury lifestyle entirely incompatible with their declared income, fuelled by the proceeds of systematic fraud against elderly people.
The seizure concerned two villas in the Turin hinterland, two sports cars, a luxury watch, numerous gold jewellery items and cash. The preliminary seizure decree was issued by Turin's court, which accepted the proposal presented last July by the city's chief of police to seize assets accumulated unlawfully.
The asset investigations, conducted by anti-crime police investigators, were initiated following enquiries begun by the Mobile Squad in the early months of the year. The evidence gathered revealed that the two posed as municipal technicians or members of the police forces, gaining the victims' trust in order to then rob them of money and valuables kept in their homes, across several municipalities in the Turin province.
Beyond the serious economic damage, the crimes caused grave psychological consequences for the victims: some elderly people faced situations of profound distress and depression.
On account of the high level of danger to public safety established, Turin's chief of police requested that special police surveillance be applied to both suspects: five years for one and three for the other, with an obligation to remain in their municipality of residence.
Source: Google News IT — Crime (it)