Sassari, €108,000 stolen from a woman with cognitive impairment: the alleged fraudster has been sent to trial.
The 43-year-old man is charged with defrauding an incompetent person.Per restare aggiornato entra nel nostro canale Whatsapp
He allegedly took advantage of the frailty of a woman with cognitive impairment to steal over €108,000 from her father's inheritance.
A 43-year-old man living in Sassari was recently sent to trial by preliminary hearing judge Sergio De Luca on charges of defrauding a person of limited legal capacity.
According to the prosecution, the 43-year-old allegedly entered the life of the alleged victim, a 47-year-old woman from Sassari, under the pretext of caring for her bedridden father.
After the elderly man's death, between March and April 2022 , the man allegedly began receiving bank transfers totaling 108,000 euros, with reasons such as "gift" or "financial assistance".
The Prosecutor's Office disputes that the money transfers were not spontaneous donations, but the result of an exploitation of the woman's vulnerable situation. The withdrawals would have drained her financial resources, reducing her to a state of severe poverty.
The alleged scam was discovered by the support administrator, subsequently appointed to protect the woman . Having noticed the missing funds from the bank account, the administrator—assisted by the lawyer Bruno Conti, who is a civil plaintiff—reported the incident, triggering an investigation.
The trial will now have to clarify not only the defendant's responsibilities, but also whether the amount actually stolen from the victim was higher than that already established . The prosecutor in charge of the case is Elisa Succu, while the defendant will be represented by attorney Pierluigi Olivieri.