Around four years after a grandchild fraud with loot worth around 100,000 euros, a defendant was acquitted.
The 32-year-old was unable to prove that he was involved in the acts to the detriment of a pensioner, the Berlin-Tiergarten district court justified on Tuesday.
The now 78-year-old man had previously stated in the trial that he could not identify the defendant as the woman who sold jewelry, gold bars, coins and cash totaling 100 in July 2017.
Berlin - I received 000 euros.
When they act according to the so-called grandchildren's trick, fraudsters trick their mostly elderly victims into believing that they are close relatives who are in financial difficulties.
The 32-year-old had been accused of being the “picker” of the 78-year-old.
The senior was previously deceived by accomplices on the phone and persuaded to hand over valuables.
The senior said he had been called by a woman posing as his wife's sister.
The voice was very similar.
The caller reported that she had left her husband.
“She asked for money,” said the senior.
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The 32-year-old was charged after she had been identified as a suspected perpetrator by the victim in the context of a photo presentation to the police.
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