A personal assistant of an elderly woman in a disadvantaged position was detained for fraud and theft.

Officers from the Sixth Police Station in Sofia have detained a 51-year-old man following a report received on June 2. According to the information, in March, a personal assistant of a 56-year-old woman in a disadvantaged position threatened her and forced her to transfer two of her apartments to him. An investigative and operational team was immediately formed, which visited the victim on site. Sufficient facts and circumstances have been established, reported to the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office. Pre-trial proceedings have been instituted under Article 214 of the Criminal Code, and witnesses have been questioned.

The man was detained by officers from the Sixth Police Station, and after the materials were reported to the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office, he was charged. The victim had also become the object of another crime committed by the 51-year-old man - he had stolen a large sum of money and jewelry from her apartment. In the course of the urgent operational and investigative actions taken, premises used by the detainee were found, where the items subject to the crime were found and seized - a cash amount of 53,000 leva and jewelry. Numerous original documents of other properties were also seized.

Thanks to the quick reaction and the timely organized actions of the investigation, the accused was unable to acquire other properties owned by the 56-year-old woman. The law enforcement officers found that the detainee had a number of criminal records for theft and crimes related to excise goods. After the materials were reported to the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office, the man was placed under a "cash bail" measure of 10,000 leva.

Chief Commissioner Lyubomir Nikolov appealed to the local municipalities for a thorough check of all personal assistants who care for people in disadvantaged positions. The SDVR is ready to assist and provide the appropriate information regarding their criminal history. Details of the case were reported at a briefing by the Deputy City Prosecutor of Sofia, Desislava Petrova.