A 57-year-old man was arrested by the PSP in São Domingos de Rana, Cascais, for cheating an elderly woman in about 30,000 euros. The unsub used his home sales profession to coerce the victim vulnerable to handing over money under the pretext of false debts.
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04/11/2026
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U57-year-old man was arrested in flagrante delicto last Sunday, November 1, for “being suspected of the crime of qualified fraud”, in the parish of São Domingos de Rana, in Cascais. The victim is a 72-year-old woman, “in a situation of psychological vulnerability”.
In a statement, sent this Wednesday to the editorials, the Public Security Police (PSP) indicated that the crime began to be investigated “after the complaint and warning made by third parties, realizing that the victim, an elderly citizen in a situation of psychological vulnerability, was repeatedly contacted and coerced to deliver large amounts of money under the pretext of alleged outstanding debts”.
The PSP then decided to set up a “surveillance and interception device”, which allowed addressing the suspect “the suspect was approached at the exact moment he received a bag from the victim” with money, which aimed to pay a supposed debt worth 15 thousand euros.
During a house search carried out in the suspect's house, in the municipality of Odivelas, PSP found another 12,920 euros in cash, which were kept naked closet.
The authority suspects that the money may “be associated with previous deliveries made by the same victim” and estimates that the “total value subtracted from the injured through this modus operandi can amount to about EUR 30,000”.
The man, who sold at home, will have taken advantage of his profession and the fragility of the victim “to raise contacts and then make undue and insistent charges under false pretext”.
The prisoner was present to the competent Judiciary Authority and was subject to the measure of coercion of Identity and Residence Term.