National Police arrested a person professional scammer gaining the trust of several people at the same time disability association defraud one of them more than 20.000 Euro receives micro loans.
It was alleged that the detainee took the loan posing as his victim; He got his National Identity Document, causing serious financial debt by making multiple micro-loan requests, he also took control of his mobile phone and sent economic amounts to his account via a payment platform.
The scammer didn’t care specific vulnerability status moreover, he took advantage of it to carry out his criminal activity or even penetrate his surroundings, with the intention of catching more victims, but with the quick intervention of Economic Crime Group agents who started the investigation. The persecution of the alleged fraudster across Spain prevented further deception of the association’s victims.
Fraud as a source of livelihood
agents for the following months. Alicante, Badajoz, Madrid, and even some cities in Portugal were locations chosen by those under investigation to continue their criminal activities.
specialized in fake through online residential rental platforms. To lure victims, he offered rooms at very competitive prices, asked them for money as bail via a payment platform or wire transfer, and then disappeared without a trace. Using this modus operandi, researchers have managed to clear twenty scams so far.
Lived for months with someone else’s identity
prisoner an acquaintance usurped his identity your. He took advantage of the friendship they had to steal his National Identity Document from his own home, the identity he had used for months to travel, stay and even get a hotline to carry out his scams.
The alleged fraudster had a court order in effect by a court in Cuenca, and another by a court in Alicanteso she hid the identity of another person, even manipulating her physical appearance using a wig, to avoid leaving any traces and hindering a police investigation.
After defrauding his victim of 20,000 euros, he disappeared, taking his agents. Alicante Provincial Judicial Police Brigade Economic Crime Group Follow his trail through different online scams he commits daily from different points of the national territory, finally the alleged scammer in Madrid and under a false identity.
Once found, it was when agents moved from Alicante to Madrid to conduct a police operation. location and arrest He is one of those investigated who claimed that this was the person who stole his identity for hours until he was identified by the officers at the police stations and during the detention.
Suspect arrested and sent to court Author of over 20 fraud and identity theft crimesfurther, for having two jurisdictional claims in force for property-related crimes.