A 72-year-old woman will be judged at the beginning of 2019 in Paris. She is believed to have committed 700 shoplifting in wooden toy stores for resale on the internet. During a search at his home, the police found a thousand items from the toy store and 40,000 euros in cash.
A septuagenarian arrested Monday in Paris and suspected of 700 shoplifting will be tried by a criminal court in early 2019 for "aggravated theft , " said Saturday a judicial source. At the origin of his arrest, a complaint was filed in mid-October by the head of a wooden toy store in the seventeenth arrondissement. The latter had recognized 18 toys stolen from his store on a website, where they were sold by an individual.
The investigators then identified a 72-year-old woman living in this district. It had published 957 ads since June to sell essentially toys, described as new and with original packaging. The woman, presented Wednesday to a magistrate, who handed him his summons before the criminal court, was placed under judicial control pending his trial.
1,000 articles and 40,000 euros in cash
She admitted to being the author of the thefts of objects she was selling on the internet "by idleness" , according to a statement from the police headquarters. During the search of his apartment, investigators found more than 1,000 items and 40,000 euros in cash.
The investigation uncovered 700 thefts committed in six banners in the Paris region.