An investigation was opened by the financial brigade.
Everyone has seen or heard about the fake scam Brad Pitt. The report broadcast this Sunday on the show Seven to eight on TF1 caused a stir. Anne, 53, was defrauded of more than 800,000 euros in the space of 15 months by a “grazer” who posed as the American actor.
“An investigation is underway with the financial brigade”affirms the Saint-Denis de La Réunion prosecutor’s office in the columns of Le Parisien.
Roles
The victim, Anne, did not wait for the case to be in the hands of the courts to try to resolve it. She contacted Marwan Ouarab, a former crook turned hunter. Which traced a trail that leads to Nigeria to not one, but three men. Each having a well-defined role, described by the specialist to our colleagues.
An investigation is underway with the financial brigade concerning the affair of the fake Brad Pitt.
Anne claims to have been cheated out of more than 800,000 euros by an online scammer who posed as the actor.
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The first communicates directly with the victim. Another obtains American telephone numbers and accounts on social networks so that the scam is credible from this point of view. The third would intervene to “manage money laundering and allow scammers to get funds out in cash”writes Le Parisien.
“No suspects have yet been identified”according to the prosecution.
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