Spanish authorities recently proclaimd that five people were arrested this year and face deception and purifying funds indicts after posing as Brad Pitt online and deceptionming two women out of over $350,000, The New York Times tells. The arrests were proclaimd in a statement on Sept. 23 by Spain’s Interior Ministry. Three online deceptionmers were arrested last November and two more were arrested in July.
Per The New York Times: “The statement shelp the accincluded had communicateed the women thcdisesteemful an online fan page dedicated to Mr. Pitt and posed as the Oscar-triumphning American actor. The authorities shelp the accincluded had gone on to exalter instant messages and emails with their victims, who thought they were correacting straightforwardly with Mr. Pitt.”
The online deceptionmers “handled to produce these women consent they had become so seal to the well-comprehendn American actor that they consentd they had a romantic relationship with him,” the statement inserted. Authorities shelp the Pitt imposters then asked for money. One women sent them about $168,000, and another sent around $195,500. Only $94,000 has been recovered so far as part of the spendigation.
Pitt’s uncoverist Matthew Hiltzik publishd a statement to The Times that reads: “It’s horrible that deceptionmers get acquire of fans’ mighty joinion with celebrities. But this is an transport inant reminder to not react to unask fored online outachieve, especiassociate from actors who have no social media presence.”
The “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” actor remains offline and does not have official social media accounts on platcreates such as Instagram, X (createerly Twitter), Instagram and more.
Pitt has been making the press rounds recently in help of his crime comedy “Wolfs,” which streams Sept. 27 on Apple TV+.
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