South of Toulouse. Microlights, watches, cars… The couple treat themselves to vida loca by scamming retirees
By Thibaut Calatayud
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They were under their control and couldn’t do anything… until a life-saving complaint was filed. Tuesday, October 25, 2022, a couple in their forties was arrested by the gendarmes of the Muret research brigade. They are suspected of having raided the bank accounts of two septuagenarians living in the muretainsouth of Toulouse.
Two pensioners under the influence of crooks
To carry out their coup, this man and this woman aged around forty have multiplied the stratagems and the lies. The goal? Isolate the two victims from their loved ones to run down their money in peace.
“The grip is such that the two septuagenarians are totally dependent on the husband of this couple.”
The crook couple don’t do things by halves. He happily uses the finances of the two retirees. An ill-gotten nest egg that allows them to taste a way of life to which they could never have aspired until now…
At least 500,000 euros stolen
Cars and luxury watchesNope ULM (!), of the driving lessons… Forty-somethings are in the throes of buying fever. A real vida loca.
But the trickery lasted only too long. The two pensioners pigeonholed decide to say stop. They file a complaint this Friday, October 21.
In the process, the Toulouse prosecutor’s office seized the research brigade. The following Tuesday, the two suspects were arrested and taken into custody. At the same time, the victims’ accounts are blocked. But the damage is already enormous. “It’s 500,000 euros… a minimum! “, confides a source close to the investigation to Toulouse News.
Goodbye ULM
All purchases made with this stolen money were seized under the guise of an auctioneer. bye Bye microlight, goodbye beautiful watches and luxurious cars… These goods will be sold at auction to start repaying the squandered sum.
The two suspects were brought before an investigating judge this Thursday, October 27, 2022. A judicial investigation will also be opened to determine the exact amount of the damage canceled for the two septuagenarians still shocked by this case.
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