Police in Udine arrested a 52-year-old man on suspicion of attempted aggravated fraud against an 83-year-old woman. According to State Police in Udine, the suspect approached the elderly resident and claimed he was a Carabinieri officer tasked with something related to the scam. Investigators later verified the allegations through checks carried out before the arrest. That morning, agents of the Squadra Mobile in the Questura intercepted the man in Via Peschiera. Officers spotted him on foot and watched him while he was on the phone with an unknown accomplice before he entered a building. He was arrested in flagrante delicto, during the attempted fraud. The operation focused on the ongoing scam behaviour rather than any later material outcome. The man is currently arrested in connection with the attempted scam investigation.