US EditionCouple Arrested for Faking Kidnapping and Demanding Ransom
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Today, virtual scams and deceitful extortions are a common modality that many criminals use to sow despair on their victims. Anyone can fall into the trap if he gets carried away by the story they make to him by phone calls or text messages, but fortunately, many people are aware of these maneuvers and are attentive to the details that expose the fiction. One of these cases went viral on social networks when they asked a woman money for the resc…
Couple arrested for faking kidnapping and demanding ransom
By Doreen Mokgolo The couple made fake ransom calls while the woman hid with her boyfriend and pretended to cry in the background. Police say the stunt wasted valuable resources and caused emotional trauma to the victim’s family. A 60-year-old pensioner and his 34-year-old girlfriend have been arrested for faking a kidnapping in a plan to scam money from her husband. The incident began on 2 May, when the woman’s husband dropped her off at the …
In the capital of the entity, the Attorney General’s Office of the State of San Luis Potosí (FGESLP) arrested José “N” and Ángel “N”, who are pointed out for the probable crime of theft qualified as the offense of various businesses in the same chain. Both detainees are considered criminal targets, because they are related in the investigations implemented by the Specialized Unit of Looting to Casa Habita, Industria y Comercio of the FGESLP, whe…
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