2024-04-06 10:59:52
The defense assured that this is a person “with no fixed address and who has no resources,” during his formalization.
Maltese police arrested Chilean Alberto Chang after accusing him of fraud for using a stolen credit card to pay for a hotel in that country.
This was reported this Friday by the Malta Today newspaper, according to which the former owner of the Arcano group used the plastic money to pay a bill of 500 euros at the establishment.
According to the media, the fact became known because The person who owns the card received a notice of the transaction on their cell phoneafter which he notified the police.
The agents arrested the former Chilean businessman, accused in our country of defrauding more than 10 thousand people, and They made him available to Judge Abigail Critien.
Chang said he is a retiree
According to what was reported by the Maltese press, during his interrogation Alberto Chang assured that he is a retiree and said that he had his residence in the St. Julians sector.
In his statement before the magistrate, Alberto Chang pleaded not guilty of the crime of which he was accused.
The press report added that Chang’s defense attorney argued that it was “a foreigner, without a fixed address and who has no resources“.
The European media reported that while Judge Abigail Critien learned of the accusations against the Chilean citizen and The police provided other information about Chang’s behavior in that country.
Thus, it was established that in 2022 he committed at least one similar crime who is accused on this occasion. He also allegedly defrauded a Maltese businessman of 5,000 euros.