Greed broke a criminal’s jacket Zaragosa. He got his neighbor’s information. Malaga He wanted to clear his accounts, but his withdrawal method betrayed him. The maximum amount set was 2,490, while it went to withdraw 2,500 euros, which blocked the terminal and created suspicion among the employees of the institution. Finally, not only was he arrested for this fraud, but National Police It was alleged that residents of La Coruña or Oviedo were behind others exposed. In fact, investigators do not rule out that it is behind more scams yet to be reported.
Everything goes back to last Wednesday Called 091 from ING headquarters in the Aragon capital to warn that a person is trying to withdraw money from an account they do not own.
It was around 12:00 and the time wasUntil there, agents of the Intervention Operational Group (GOR) of the Aragon Superior Police Station moved in. He explained that they talked to the bank official and that the young man tried to withdraw money from the ATM inside, but went out when he had a problem. They came to help him That’s when they discovered that the identity belonged to a woman, not him. It seems that at that moment she began to answer vague questions and even began to say that she was her aunt first, then her mother, who lived in Barcelona.
Considering the inconsistencies, this worker asked the suspect to contact that person to carry out the relevant checks, and explained that he could not reach the phone because he was ill. Given this, She asked him to give her the owner’s ID, and the young man’s phone received a photo of a national identity document, but this number did not correspond to any ING customer.
The Spanish-born COG, who was arrested immediately after the first checks, is 19 years old and has no police record. Both he and the first trial were forwarded to the Economic Crimes Group I and Police Prosecutor’s Office. Who is responsible for the transactions?
These representatives contacted the Málaga resident who confirmed he had never authorized the said banking move and never knew the COG, but he was not the only one. Police officers saw at least two other victims complaining for similar incidents.
In particular, one La Coruña resident noted that last Monday he received an SMS on his mobile phone asking for authorization to complete different purchases worth 2,790 euros. After a while, he received several messages in his e-mail informing him about these purchases.
An Oviedo resident experienced something similar when he woke up one morning and saw an SMS from El Corte Inglés asking for a code to verify a purchase., even though they actually made 20 for him in one night. He canceled the operation despite confirming that the buyer was a Zaragoza resident. Turns out he was under arrest. Now the National Police is trying to figure out how this young man can access all of his victims’ data. Yesterday, he was handed over to the Investigation Court No. 9 in Zaragoza, where he was released at the request of his lawyer Olga Oseira.