This National Police stoped Benidorm A 55-year-old tax adviser is accused of money laundering. white shore Almost one million euros from the money from the fraudulent bankruptcy of a Norwegian shipping company ship owners They were sentenced to prison in their home country after they were fairly found to have caused more than 11.5m euros in damage to the Norwegian public finances. Detained person bought real estate Alfas del Pi is worth 985,000 euros through a business network with results Spain, Panama and Norway.
complex investigation by Alicante Provincial Judicial Police Brigade Money Laundering and Anti-Corruption Group It was launched in 2019 and recently concluded after Police gathered evidence against a Spanish tax adviser who allegedly helped “launder” part of a Norwegian shipowner. 11 and a half million euros defrauded Norwegian public finance
National Police received information financial intelligence About the investment activities of a man and woman of Norwegian descent who may be based in the province of Alicante and may be involved in the fraudulent bankruptcy of a Norwegian shipping company. This is how Alicante investigators began monitoring their assets in order to continue their intervention and identify collaborators of this illegal money laundering activity.
The Money Laundering Group collected financial data from the beginning of the police investigations in 2003 to the end of 2019. Investigations revealed that a Norwegian shipowner and woman, who was sentenced to five years in prison in her country, were to acquire various goods. Real estate in Marina Baixa Through a business network with traders in Spain, Norway and Panama.
For these purchases, they enlisted the help of an adviser from the province where police believe they are responsible for an alleged money laundering offense in Spain because these investments are linked to fraud being investigated in Norway.
Those investigated in Norway had several bank accounts opened in their name at Spanish establishments, and the Money Laundering Group, while examining their movements, detected the inflow of substantial funds. transfers from foreign accounts, including tax havens, some of which exceed nine hundred thousand euros.
However, these capitals did not remain in such accounts for long. Once the funds were received, they were either withdrawn through checks or withdrawn. cash refunds They were either transferred back to third-party accounts abroad by those investigated themselves, which they described as a mechanism to prevent them from pursuing such activity, giving it the appearance of legality. A small part of this money was allocated to the payment of various receipts obtained due to the residence of the persons subject to the investigation.
Suspicious funds were diverted to Spain through companies controlled by those under investigation, with registered offices in places such as the Spanish Republic. Panama tax haven Guersey (Channel Islands) was led by the adviser, all of whom were allegedly detained in Benidorm.
According to the police, the main purpose of the purchase of properties acquired in the l’Alfàs del Pi area was their subsequent sale to acquire important properties. capital gains. This is another of the detected money laundering mechanisms that are often used to bring economic gains from commercial fraud related crimes committed in other countries into the legal course of countries like Spain.
One of these purchased properties in Marina Baixa was declared the habitual residence of the surveyed on the Costa Blanca, as well as the registered office of one of the established traders.
After collecting all the data on the money laundering operations, the National Police arrested the tax adviser in Benidorm and after he took his statement at the police station, he was released on charges and at the order of the court investigating the case. .
With the blocking, the operation ended. seven banking products Four properties open in Spain and located in Marina Baixa, with an undetermined balance. According to the Alicante Provincial Police Station, the amount of money allegedly laundered between 2003 and 2019 by the arrested person was 985,341 euros.