Spanish Man Arrested For Pretending To Have A Heart Attack In 20 Restaurants In Order To Get Out Of Pay (Details)

&NewLine;<p>Before going to jail&comma; Lithuanian resident in Spain Aidas J&period; conned 20 eateries in Alicante&period; He would collapse to the ground during his acts&comma; clutching his chest to simulate being in excruciating pain&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The manager of El Buen Comer&comma; one of the restaurants the conman conned&comma; told the US Sun&comma; &&num;8220&semi;It was very theatrical&semi; he pretended to faint and slumped himself down on the floor&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Forging a heart attack in 20 restaurants to get out of paying the tab&comma; Conman gets locked up&period; It wasn&&num;8217&semi;t until he performed his skit twice at El Buen Comer that Aidas&&num;8217&semi;s fictitious heart problems were discovered&comma; despite his repeated requests for medical attention&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>El Pais&comma; a Spanish newspaper&comma; was informed by another restaurant employee that the man &&num;8220&semi;lay down on the floor&comma; acted as if his chest hurt and began to shake&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;occupygh&period;com&sol;file&sol;occupygh&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;geEhRz08-uuuoo&period;webp" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-188846"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to local police&comma; Aidas poses as a Russian tourist who is illiterate in Spanish while dressing in &&num;8220&semi;designer clothes&&num;8221&semi; as part of his act&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In an effort to alert nearby eateries and deter the con artist from &&num;8220&semi;striking again&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the manager of El Buen Comer forwarded Aidas&&num;8217&semi; photo to them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A second restaurant owner who was attacked by Aidas claimed that prior to pretending to have a heart attack&comma; he had ordered multiple glasses of pricey whisky&comma; a Russian salad and a main course such as entrecote or lobster&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Having turned down two fines for his theatricals&comma; the con artist is currently serving a 42-day jail sentence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Aidas only committed &&num;8220&semi;minor crimes&&num;8221&semi; because each bill he skipped was only worth a small amount&comma; ranging from €15 to €70 &lpar;£13 to £60&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He was arrested multiple times during his two-month crime spree&comma; but each time he was released because the amount he owed the restaurants was negligible&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In an attempt to keep the con artist incarcerated longer&comma; the owners of the restaurants that were conned wish to jointly file a complaint&period; The total cost of the dine-and-dash incidents is €766 &lpar;£666&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OccupyGh&period;com">OccupyGh&period;com<&sol;a> <&sol;p><p class&equals;"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;chat&period;whatsapp&period;com&sol;JVGCtXdCoiKHCI3CXwMC5l" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Tap To Join Our<&sol;a> WhatsApp Community<&sol;p> &NewLine;

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