He met her on Facebook and she scammed him out of more than $ 2 million

28/02/2021 – 01:37 Police

A man would have been the victim of a deception on the part of a woman whom he met in the social media and after starting an rvirtual sentimental elation, it began to request large sums of money, thus perpetrating a fraud That would amount to $ 2,000,000.

Police sources reported that according to the details arising from the investigation, the victim had started a love affair with a woman through social networks and over time had given large sums of money to alleged relatives of his “in love”.

With the promise of meeting soon, the woman proposed to buy a house and the complainant, when he requested the documentation of the house, discovered that he had been the victim of a criminal maneuver. According to police reports, a man of legal age residing in this Capital, would have contacted a woman through the social network Facebook and they started a romantic relationship, but they never got to know each other personally.

The relationship continued and as the days passed the woman began to request money from him, manifesting, among other versions, to pay for his mother’s medical expenses and the victim agreed to the requirements. To obtain the money, the woman supposedly sent relatives or friends.

At the last chance the man would have delivered 700 thousand pesos for the purchase of a housea, then $ 650,000, and finally they requested $ 300,000 to finalize the balance of the property, when he requested the documentation of the purchase, he discovered that it had never materialized. In the case, he took personal intervention from Economic Crimes Department.

The troops carried out intense investigative tasks and managed to apprehend a 45-year-old suspect, who would be a native of the city of Clodomira, who reportedly introduced himself as the woman’s uncle and received the money.

The prosecution in charge of Dra. Natalia Malachevsky ordered that the subject be transferred to the police station as apprehended. He also ordered that investigations continue into the criminal case in an attempt to find the suspected woman.

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