A Canadian woman who claims she was defrauded of $5,000 by a man with a criminal record says she has found multiple alleged victims, warrants for his arrest, and several aliases.
Andrea Speranza, a captain with Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency, visits Shubie Park in Dartmouth, N.S. on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew VaughanIt started with a chance encounter in a coffee shop. He was charming and attractive, and everything he said mirrored her life.
His suspected victims say he targets busy career women between the ages of 45 and 50, leaving a trail of broken hearts and empty bank accounts across the country. Despite her hard upbringing, she graduated from university and moved to Nova Scotia, where she became a firefighter and one of the first female captains in Halifax.
He told her she was beautiful. She made him a better person. She was the best thing that ever happened to him. He was falling hard and wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. The French citizen had met Vautour at a hostel in Quebec City and had travelled with him to Halifax, where he was promised a job on an offshore rig.
Documents obtained from Quebec's Justice Department show Vautour pleaded guilty in 2005 to unauthorized use of credit card data and received a suspended sentence of one year's probation.Victoria Law Courts confirmed a warrant for the arrest of Vautour was issued in 2001, and executed in 2009. He pleaded guilty in August 2009 to obtaining by false pretence and served a six-month conditional sentence in the community, followed by two and half years of probation.
Despite efforts by law enforcement, some alleged victims have launched their own investigations -- even hiring a private investigator. The businesswoman offered to help him out. When she had doubts, he was always ready with an explanation.
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