The widow of Jean Boghici, a famous art collector, was the victim of her own daughter in a scam that consisted of using false information to blackmail the elderly woman and make the extortionof goods. Geneviène Boghici is 82 years old and has been held in private prison for over a year by Sabine Boghici, her daughter.
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The woman used the pretext of the COVID-19 pandemic to keep her imprisoned, preventing the elderly woman from making contact, even by telephone, with other people.
starved
House arrest lasted one year and three months. During this period, the aggressor extorted and intimidated her own mother. According to the victim, at some point the woman made threats with a knife pointed at the elderly woman and also left her in a situation of hunger. The victim kept a spare key in his possession and hidden, so he waited for the moment when he would be alone to be able to put an escape into practice.
After managing to escape, the elderly woman sought help from friends and called a psychiatric clinic to hospitalize her daughter. Freed from the situation, she changed the apartment's locks and called the building's security to determine that her daughter was prohibited from accessing the place.
Sabine disappeared with her mother's escape. No news about the daughter reached Geneviène.
millionaire loss
According to delegate Gilberto Ribeiro of the Special Police Station for the Elderly, it took the elderly woman about a year to file a complaint. The process was carried out in early 2022 with the victim having conflicting feelings as a mother, as reported by the delegate.
The result of the investigations concluded that around BRL 5 million were stolen through bank transfers. Watches, jewelry and 16 paintings by renowned artists were also taken, but 14 of them have already been rescued. In all, it was estimated that the damage is around R$ 725 million.
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