An elderly woman was targeted in a scam on Thursday, according to multiple reports. Scammers posed as home care workers to steal jewelry from the woman, police said, but other reports indicate scammers claimed to be police officers to steal jewelry. In Sweden, an 85-year-old woman had jewelry stolen in a suspected fraud case, multiple reports indicate.
Police are investigating a suspected fraud related to the jewelry theft, and a scammer claimed he would appraise items, according to reports. The Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories submitted a periodic report covering January 1 to April 30, 1997, to the UN Secretary-General. The report was submitted in accordance with paragraphs 5, 6, and 7 of UN General Assembly resolution 51/131 of December 13, 1996, and it updates information from a previous periodic report adopted on February 19, 1997 (document A/52/131).
The report is based on written information gathered from various sources, with relevant excerpts and summaries included. It covers topics including incidents from the occupation, administration of justice, treatment of civilians, measures affecting fundamental freedoms, activities of settlers, treatment of detainees, and annexation and settlement, according to research sources. Separately, in Canada, a personal support worker was arrested and charged by Kingston Police for stealing and pawning jewelry from a 92-year-old female client.
The woman was hired in February to provide home care for the elderly woman, research sources indicate. Earlier in the month of the report, an associate of the victim noticed a gold MedicAlert bracelet was missing, and upon search, other jewelry was found missing, according to research sources. Police located the MedicAlert bracelet and other jewelry at a local pawn shop, seized and photographed the evidence, and returned it to the owners, Kingston Police said.
m. last Friday, uniformed patrol arrested the accused at her home, police confirmed. Karen L.
Tudor, 48, from the Kingston area, has been charged with two counts each of theft under $5,000, possession of stolen property under $5,000, fraud under $5,000, and one count of breach of officer-in-charge undertaking, according to police. Tudor attended a bail hearing and was remanded into custody, research sources report. Kingston Police provided contact information and details for anonymous tips through Crime Stoppers, with cash rewards up to $2,000, police said.
In Sweden, Blekinge's oldest person is at risk of losing a large compensation and is grieving, multiple reports indicate. These incidents underscore patterns of elder fraud and vulnerabilities in care systems, where perpetrators exploit trust to commit theft. Unknowns persist, including whether the scam cases reported by Nya Wermlands-Tidningen and Helsingborgs Dagblad involve the same elderly woman or are separate incidents.
Additionally, it is unclear whether the scammer claiming to appraise items is related to the other scam cases reported in Sweden. Further unknowns include potential links between the scam cases in Sweden and the arrest of the personal support worker in Kingston, Canada, though no evidence of a direct connection has been established. The current status of the Swedish investigation and precise location details also remain unspecified.