A scam that does not fit the human mind was revealed in Chania. A 44-year-old woman from West Attica and her 43-year-old husband were extorting money from churches and unsuspecting citizens, under the pretext of their sick child.
In fact, according to information from ERT Chania, in some cases the 44-year-old did not hesitate to support, crying, that the child had died and was asking for more money from people he had already cheated, to bring his body to Greece.
The couple had "hit" in various areas of Greece and not only in Chania. Thessaloniki, Blonde, Corfu, Elefsina and Heraklion are some of them. Their last attempt in Kissamos was the "pharmacist" as their action was revealed.
According to the same information, a pretended social worker of the Municipality of Kissamos, The 44-year-old called a monastery in the area and asked 500 euros because they allegedly raise money for a sick child from Kissamos to travel to England.
But it did not stop there. He also called a woman who often visited the same monastery and asked her for the same reason 300 euro. The woman did not believe her and turned to the Kissamos police station. This was the beginning of the end for their action, against whom there are convictions for fraud committed in the past.
How they had set up the scam
The commander and the police of AT Kissamos started to unravel the tangle of the case and after the preliminary investigation and the utilization of data, the complaints fell "rain".
The 44-year-old sometimes appeared as a justice of the peace and other times as an employee of a district or municipality.. In fact, she was so audacious that when she took money for the alleged transport of the child's body, after a while he cried and asked for more money on the pretext that they were evicting the child's family due to unpaid rents!
The two fraudsters even made sure to change their bank accounts and mobile phones frequently, while also declaring different addresses..
The 44-year-old and 43 face the allegations of ongoing fraud and counterfeiting and in the next few hours the authorities that have identified them, are expected to proceed with their arrest.
The total amount they have extracted is estimated to be much higher than 6.000 euro, as the investigation of AT Kissamos concerns only the last three months.
Source: enikos.gr
