Kidnapping in Biguaçu: 71-year-old woman was tied up and thrown from a cliff in Gaspar The man suspected of kidnapping and abandoning a 71-year-old woman was already serving a sentence for carrying out “Don Juan” scams, a type of 'sentimental fraud', and has accumulated 18 convictions in court, according to a statement from the Public Ministry of Santa Catarina. Maicon de Moura, 42 years old, had his arrest converted into preventative arrest on Thursday (9). The elderly woman was rescued on a bank of about 200 meters between Blumenau and Gaspar, in the Itajaí Valley, after being kidnapped in Biguaçu, in Greater Florianópolis, on Tuesday (7). She spent a day and a night outside, in intense cold, in a dense forest area. ?Click and follow the g1 SC channel on WhatsApp Located on Wednesday (8), the woman survived, was taken to the hospital and was discharged on Thursday (9). According to the Civil Police, the suspect and an elderly woman met at a dance hall on Monday (6) - the day before the crime. On Tuesday, he arranged a meeting with the victim to commit the crime. In a statement, his defense said that "it will not comment on the merits of the facts investigated" (in full below). Suspect was still serving a sentence when he kidnapped an elderly woman. According to the MPSC, the suspect has an “extensive record, with numerous convictions for robberies, thefts and, above all, fraud against women”. “So much so that he confided in his own partner that he was serving a sentence for carrying out the well-known ‘Don Juan’ type scams, through which he gained the trust of women to obtain a financial advantage from them”, says an excerpt from the MPSC document obtained by g1. The suspect has already been convicted of crimes of robbery, embezzlement, receiving, qualified theft and drug possession. Maicon was even serving an open sentence. Photo shows suspect of kidnapping an elderly woman in 2012 Civil Police/Reproduction Man said he committed a crime to pay a debt of R$20,000 In testimony, Maicon de Moura confessed that he robbed and kidnapped the 71-year-old woman to pay off a debt of R$20,000 with a criminal faction that was threatening him. He also admitted to tying the victim up with duct tape. He said he decided to help find her because he felt regretful when he learned that she had not yet been found. According to the Civil Police, the man stated in his statement that the motivation for the crime was robbery and that, as she was an elderly woman, he believed she would be an easier target. During the kidnapping, he even put the victim in the trunk of her own car. 71-year-old woman was rescued from a 200-meter cliff in Gaspar (SC) Civil Police/ Disclosure What the man's defense said "Maicon de Moura's defense informs that it has been following the procedure since the drawing up of the arrest report in the act and that it participated in the custody hearing held this Thursday (9), at the Regional Court of Guarantees of the District of Joinville. The case is in the police investigation phase, with no complaint offered by the Public Prosecutor's Office. The defense will not comment on the merits of the facts investigated, and all its statements will be presented exclusively in the case file, before the competent court. Finally, it should be noted that the presumption of innocence, guaranteed by the Federal Constitution to anyone under investigation, is in force, until eventual final conviction." VIDEOS: most watched on g1 SC in the last 7 days