52 victims swindled by woman living in slums

The public prosecutor of the municipality of Hussein Dey, Algiers has remanded in custody a woman born in 1969 along with two civil servants on charges of false pretence, swindling and theft.

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• The culprits were taking the money of desperate citizens from them pretending they can help them acquire a house.

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• The lady was arrested the day before yesterday by the elements of the gendarmerie after 6 months of thorough investigations. She succeeded convinced her victims by pretending that she owns a real estate agency and was a successful businesswoman.

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• But reality is that the lady lives the slums and her husband use to sell gold in a popular compound here in Algiers.

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• She has swindled nearly 52 individuals over to years most of the victims are women. 15 women and 5 men yesterday appeared before the prosecutor including culprit’s uncle (80) whom she stole more than 15 million Algerian Dinars.

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