20 hits throughout Italy, even in Rimini
With various tricks they stole a ATM users their cards and me too lock codes to carry out cash withdrawals in fast cashiers or to buy expensive products such as smartphones and tablets: in this way they have taken possession of about 100 thousand euros. The gang has now been vanquished by the Carabinieri of the Ancona Company who this morning carried out an order issued by the Court of the Doric capital at the request of the local Prosecutor who coordinated the entire investigation: pre-trial detention in prison for 14 subjectsall aged Roman citizens between 29 and 59 years oldburdened by multiple police precedents, held responsible for the crimes of aggravated theft, receiving stolen goods and improper use and falsification of payment instruments other than cash.
The investigations, conducted between September 2020 and January 2021, made it possible to ascertain that the association was responsible for well 20 criminal episodescommitted in the provinces of Ancona, Bologna, Rimini, Ferrara, Forlì-Cesena, Macerata, Chieti, Livorno, Verona, Novara and Fermo to the detriment of as many victims, all people aged between 59 and 89 years. Their group of investigators always operated with the modus operandi: they approached the while intent on carrying out operations at the ATMs – normally of the Unicredit institute – and, without being noticed, same no to steal the unlock code ATM cards.
Immediately after, the criminals attracted the attention of the unfortunate with a pretext, eg. making him believe he was fall to the ground unanotayes appropriate of the ATM card and replaced it with a similar one and generally proceeds from previous thefts. After walking away with the cards, perform cash withdrawals from fast cashiers or purchases of expensive electronic devices.