{"id":316,"date":"2024-11-16T18:52:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T18:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/16\/three-arrested-in-fortunetelling-scam\/"},"modified":"2024-11-16T18:52:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T18:52:03","slug":"three-arrested-in-fortunetelling-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/16\/three-arrested-in-fortunetelling-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Three arrested in \u2018fortunetelling\u2019 scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1253769\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/intime-police_car-2-320x200.jpg?v=1695720519\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/intime-police_car-2.jpg?v=1695720519\" alt=\"Three arrested in \u2018fortunetelling\u2019 scam\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/intime-police_car-2-960x600.jpg?v=1695720520\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>File photo. [InTime News]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Two men, aged 32 and 47, and a woman aged 50 have been arrested in an ongoing investigation into a racket that is said to have fleeced a 72-year-old man out of thousands of euros.<\/p>\n<p>According to a police announcement on Saturday, the woman posed as a fortune teller and convinced the older man to make all sorts of \u201cinvestments.\u201d When the victim was unable to meet her continued demands for money, she arranged for him to borrow cash from her accomplices, at an exorbitant rate.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place in the West Attica town of Megara and the 72-year-old is said to have been on the hook for more than 850,000 euros.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1253769\/three-arrested-in-fortunetelling-scam\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File photo. [InTime News] Two men, aged 32 and 47, and a woman aged 50 have been arrested in an ongoing investigation into a racket that is said to have fleeced a 72-year-old man out of thousands of euros. 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