Man Jailed Four Years for Stealing Elderly Woman's Life Savings Buried in Garden

A Thessaloniki court has sentenced a 22-year-old man to four years in prison after convicting him of stealing €100,000 in cash — an elderly woman's lifetime savings — that she had buried in her garden, in a sophisticated phone fraud that kept her distracted while an accomplice removed the money. The scheme began with a call to the 76-year-old victim from someone posing as an accountant, claiming she owed money to tax authorities. The fraudster gradually won her confidence before asking wheth...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA