'Uncle's Tale' to Pagani: the five Peruvian 'mechanics' who would have swindled him for nearly $2,000,000 were arrested

The sports journalist had paid for the repair of a wheel of his car that was never made. The criminals were surprised while trying to commit another scam. Read more

The criminals were arrested by the City Police while committing another scam. The journalist had told of the episode of which he was the victim in a radio interview. The band of supposed mechanics who scammed drivers in broad daylight in the City of Buenos Aires, among them the renowned journalist Horacio Pagani, was arrested in the last hours by officers of the Buenos Aires police. The suspects were apprehended in San Cristobal. These are five …

Five Peruvian men were arrested in the porteño neighborhood of San Cristóbal, accused of being part of a gang dedicated to committing scams under the modality of “the uncle’s story.” The case became public notoriety in February, when a well-known sports journalist told Radio Mitre how he was deceived in a maneuver that cost him almost 2 million pesos. According to his testimony, while circulating in the neighborhood of Once, a young man warned h…

Five men of Peruvian nationality were arrested today accused of being part of an organization that was engaged in making scams under the modality known as "the uncle's story", while those involved are the same criminals who charged a millionaire figure to sports journalist Horacio Pagani. Police sources informed the agency Noticias Argentinas that the event began in early April when Pagani filed a complaint, in which he claimed that while drivin…