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Police are appealing for potential victims of a fraudster who posed as an Italian dressmaker to terminate back forward.
The individual would aim students and often strike up dialog by asking for directions for directions to an airport. He would then thank the students and offer them clothing that he had ‘designed’. After gaining their belief, he would query for money, customarily claiming he had been the victim of a robbery, and promising to pay them back when he bought back to Italy. On the other hand, as soon as the money turned into as soon as handed over, no victim turned into as soon as ever paid back.
Detective Inspector James Allsopp from Central North Affirm Unit which covers Islington and Camden the build some of the students had been targeted talked about:
“We are appealing to people of the pubic in particular college students who may per chance moreover just had been targeted in identical instances. The offences took problem between Tuesday, 6 February and Saturday, 2 March – in the occasion you ponder that you can moreover just gather met this man and been defrauded, please near forward to police by calling 101 and quoting CAD3410/04MAR24.”
A 39-one year-old skool man turned into as soon as arrested on Sunday, 3 March and has been charged with five counts of fraud by counterfeit illustration and one count of robbery – he has been remanded in custody to subsequent seem at Wooden Inexperienced Crown Court docket on Monday, 8 April.
