“The most serious thing was that he took advantage of us while we were gone. terrified with loss loved ones”, explains one of the widows deceived by the worker cemetery Barcelona An investigation has been opened for fraud. This victim, whose identity is hidden under his name in the story below, RuleHe contacted EL PERIÓDICO DE CATALUNYA, a media organization of the Prensa Ibérica group to which this newspaper also belongs, because in the information published by this newspaper to date, it is implied that this newspaper also implied that it was the first to report on this case. One of the victims “bad practice” by paying the scammer for a supposedly preferred deal. “This is not true,” he states. “He tried to trick me into giving him 1,840 euros in an envelope, but I didn’t. Also, I know some families who paid did this because they did. they had no other options“.
Norm’s testimony
this husband died in de Norma March 2022. Suddenly. And trying to fulfill this wish, Norma asked the funeral home to bury her in the cemetery. Les Cortes Cemetery. “It was multiculturalAs a member of Barcelona for over 50 years and His illusion was to rest by the Camp Nou‘, he explains. But the funeral home informed him that there were no vacant niches in Les Corts. Norma insisted that her husband should rest there, and the funeral home replied again: there were no seats, which could not be. Frustrated, she buried her husband away from Barcelona.
As the days passed, immersed in the unreality of new watches without his companion, he discovered that he wanted to continue fighting for himself. final will. He went to the Barcelona Cementiris office in the Les Corts cemetery and was joined by someone. advertisement Some 50 years what did you think kind, kind Y charismatic. He was the so-called swindler of the Barcelona cemeteries.
The ad invited him to sit down and he turned on his computer. “He wrote something, had some papers printed, and surprised me various niches availableIt’s that simple. The funeral home assured Norma that there was nothing to do, and a simple visit to Les Corts cemetery was enough for her?
The worker stood up and asked Norma to come with him. “We went for a walk in the cemetery and he showed me the niches available. And he said things like, ‘I don’t like that because the downpipe is close and it’s going to get wet when it rains,’ or ‘If I give you this, it’ll get wet.’ One, we’re going to be neighbors because my friends are buried here. Parents.’ “This,” she remembers, until she got to the niche that sold me in. Later, the salesperson and widow returned to the office and began the paperwork to formalize the transaction.
budget and envelope
Norma still holds the budget for the 50-year niche franchise the scammer gave her, and she shows this during the interview. “It contained everything: stone, dried flowers, vases For a niche that will be empty for at least two years and a day! –This is the period that must pass by law before proceeding with the transport of her husband’s body–. And I already have a tombstone, but he assured me I couldn’t bring it because for regulatory and aesthetic reasons it had to be black and mine was white. I couldn’t choose anything from the budget, he handled everything as he wanted.”
not glad thicken the billadvertisement took off empty envelope and gave it to him. And he wrote a number in blue pen on the budget sheet: 1,840 euros. This was the amount he had to put in the envelope, in black and cash, if he wanted to close an operation that needed to be initialed as soon as possible. “She told me that’s what it’s for surcharges for marble works and operators can make a living without having to pay VAT”.
Message
norm came home sad: had acquired a niche, but suspected it was manipulated. He thought for hours and finally wrote a message to the worker at Les Corts saying he would pay every penny. not black billed.
He called her as soon as he read the ad and threatened to revoke the franchise of the niche. It was too much for Norma, who was not going to give up on her husband’s dying wish again. woman gone Barcelona city hall He explained what had happened with the budget and the empty envelope. A few days later, he received a call from the worker under investigation. “He told me he was a family man and asked if I was aware of what he was doing.”
After Norma’s notification, the city council informed Cementiris de Barcelona and this company. Barcelona Municipal ServicesIn the light of the evidence, he removed the advertisement from his job, which he had been in almost all his life, and opened a commercial. internal investigation. Reviewed past sales and communicated with customers. that’s how it came to mind seven other families The person reporting events similar to Norma’s. The ad was fired in June. The city council denounced the facts in a Barcelona court and Mossos d’Esquadra think about the suspect cheat. “The only thing that still doesn’t fit is why the funeral home told me there was no room at Les Corts,” he said.
The council is back cheated money to all families. Norma has retained the niche for her husband, and in two years will move her body to Camp Nou. Not only has he granted his last wish, he has also uncovered a swindler who takes advantage of people sentenced to death.