Man bought $3000 worth of things, then regretted it and tried to stage his own kidnapping and theft of a credit card
Rio de Janeiro-based Brazilian lawyer Rodrigo Barcelos de Oliveira is under investigation for financial fraud. He spent $2,7 thousand in one of the local shopping centers and said that he was kidnapped and his credit card was taken away, reports MC.Today.
The lawyer went to the police and reported a serious crime. Allegedly, his car was intercepted by two intruders on motorcycles and forced to turn into the parking lot of the local Barra Shopping Center.
According to the man, one of them took away his credit card, wallet, phone and wedding ring, and the second threatened him with a weapon and forced him to give a PIN code. He then allegedly held de Oliveira hostage for several hours while his accomplice calmly went shopping.
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Police in Rio de Janeiro immediately launched an investigation. The first thing they did was check the mall's CCTV footage to identify the intruder. To their surprise, on some of them they saw de Oliveira, who was calmly buying goods in several different stores and paying with his credit card at the very time when he was allegedly forcibly kept in the parking lot.
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Law enforcement officers contacted the bank where the lawyer had an account and found out that he called the support service and demanded to cancel all transactions. The bank employees refused his request, since the "intruder" never made a mistake with the PIN code. Probably after the failure of this plan, the lawyer decided to go ahead and report his own kidnapping.
The other day, the police came to him with searches and, as expected, found everything that the "intruder" bought. In particular, a pair of sneakers, swimming trunks, several items of designer underwear and a motorcycle helmet.
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