A gypsy "took" 95 thousand from a 95-year-old resident of Nizhny Tagil.
In Nizhny Tagil, a 95-year-old local resident lost 95,000 rubles after meeting a stranger of Roma appearance.
The unfamiliar woman approached the pensioner near her home on May 5. Claiming to the elderly victim that she was under the influence of a curse, she offered her services for immediate removal of it. Thus, the resident of Tagil let the woman into her apartment, the press group of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia "Nizhny Tagil" reported.
After conducting the ritual, the guest stated that to complete it, it was necessary to "work" with money, writes v-tagile.ru. The pensioner took out 160,000 rubles from her sideboard.
"After 'working' with the banknotes, the scammer returned them to the owner, instructing her not to open the sideboard for nine days, after which she immediately left. But the woman peeked inside almost immediately and found that she was missing 95,000. She reported the fraud to the police.
The suspect was identified and apprehended quite quickly. She turned out to be a previously convicted 48-year-old resident of Krasnouralsk. A criminal case has been initiated under part 2 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, and the police are identifying other possible victims.
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A gypsy "took" 95 thousand from a 95-year-old resident of Nizhny Tagil.
In Nizhny Tagil, a 95-year-old local resident lost 95,000 rubles after meeting a stranger of Roma appearance. The unfamiliar woman approached the pensioner near her home on May 5.