Two arrested in France over alleged bedbug pest control scam
by Agence France-Presse in Strasbourg from World news | The Guardian on (#6GZDF)
Pair accused of charging elderly householders between 300 and 2,100 for services they did not need
French police have arrested two men on suspicion of fraud after they allegedly sold bedbug pest control services for large sums to elderly people who did not need them.
The two men, operating in eastern France, phoned their victims, usually women over 90, telling them there had been a bedbug infestation in their neighbourhood, authorities said.
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