Arrested in Malaga for taking advantage of an octogenarian and appropriating money and jewelry

Agents of the National Police have arrested a 57-year-old man in Malaga, as the alleged perpetrator of the crimes of theft and misappropriation, after taking advantage of the vulnerability of an elderly woman from Ourense to keep the woman's money and jewelry.

According to police sources, the woman lives in Malaga and, due to her ailments, her loneliness and the absence of close relatives, she accepted the help of a neighbor in daily tasks, especially since the covid-19 health crisis..

Thus, little by little the man gained the trust of the octogenarian, who was widowed a few years ago and has no children, to such an extent that he took possession of part of her estate and became the victim's universal heir after a recent change of status. will in his favor.

The suspect began to monopolize the woman's routines, to control her finances, using her bank cards, with the excuse that he needed them to do the daily shopping for his neighbor.. Without realizing it, the lady was being isolated, and some neighbors and distant relatives, from Galicia, became aware of the situation, seeing that they were losing contact with the victim.

“Isolated and run down”

Telephone contacts with her relatives in Ourense were gradually reduced since the old woman was in the care of the suspect, and due to this lack of information, her relatives decided to travel to Malaga to check her condition..

When they arrived, they found the woman “socially isolated” and “very physically deteriorated”, so they convinced her to go to Galicia to spend some time with them..

It was the old woman herself who denounced the events at the Ourense Provincial Police Station a few days ago. The case began to be investigated by agents attached to the Provincial Judicial Police Brigade of the Malaga Police Station.

According to police investigations, the suspect made withdrawals of money from the victim's bank account without his authorization, so that the woman's savings, of 78,000 euros, remained at 1,200 euros.

He also appropriated jewelry that the old woman kept in her home, in a safe. In addition, in circumstances that are still being investigated, the man managed to get the victim to make a will in his favor last October, making him the universal heir to his assets.

The Police detained the suspect and carried out a search of his houses, where jewelry worth 90,000 euros and 60,000 euros in cash were recovered, allegedly stolen from the woman. The proceedings were made available to the trial court 12 of Malaga.