‘Fraudulent’: Real estate agent charged with bilking client
A real estate agent in Portugal has been charged with fraudulently buying property from a woman for £15,000 a year to cover the cost of her child.
In June, police in Portugal arrested the agent, Pedro Nuno, for allegedly buying a villa in the city of Alvalade for the woman’s son in 2013.
After the agent sold the property to his son, Nuno bought another villa for a further £15.5, police said.
He is now facing a charge of fraudulence, the police said in a statement on Tuesday.
The police added that they have received a “substantial amount of information” from the woman, who is a Romanian citizen.
Nuno’s attorney, Sergio Martins, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday evening.
A spokesperson for Portugal’s National Directorate of Investigations told Reuters the investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made.