After the opening of an investigation for “fraud”, Anne’s lawyer hopes, in addition to the trial, that she will obtain compensation from the bank.
A case that caused quite a stir. Since a report broadcast on the show Seven to Eight revealed the scam of which Anne was the victim, she is the target of a wave of cyberharassment on social networks. Reason why TF1 withdrew the report.
An investigation for “fraud” was nevertheless opened in Reunion, where the woman who thought she was having a love affair with the real Brad Pitt filed a complaint last October. While his crooks managed to extract 830,000 euros from him, his lawyer, Me Laurène Hanna, hopes to reach a trial.
“It’s always delicate. I always took a lot of tweezers. On the other hand, this morning, I still have a little bit of hope,” she declared on BFMTV.
“A legal obligation”
For Me Laurène Hanna, “France has every interest in investigating this because first of all (…) there are many victims. And, many French victims”. As part of this case, the financial brigade of the territorial judicial police service of Reunion Island worked with the company FindMyScammer. As the name suggests, it helps victims track down their scammers.
They are “repentant hackers (…) They managed to get a GPS coordinate point by making the crooks click on a link. A link on which they also clicked several times. And, they managed to find, not one, but three identities of Nigerians between 20 and 27 years old,” explained the lawyer.
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In addition to the trial, she hopes that her victim will be able to obtain compensation from her bank, which never alerted her to the transfers she was making.
“The bank has an obligation of vigilance and advice. It turns out that Anne actually lives in Mauritius, but she does not only have Mauritian banks. So, all these responsibilities will have to be undertaken because (…) when you ask to make a transfer, they do it to you once, twice, three times, after a while, they call you to ask what it is, recalled the. lawyer.
“They have at least a duty to advise the person and if the person persists, then they are made to sign a release (…) And, even more, if the bank considers that there are suspicions of sums which come from a fraudulent scheme or whose destination is trafficking like today, they must notify the government service Tracfin. This is their legal obligation, which they did not do,” lamented Me Laurène. Hanna, mentioning in particular a transfer of 127,000 euros which was issued without any vigilance from the bank.
In addition to the criminal proceedings, civil proceedings are underway with the aim of obtaining compensation from the bank.
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