This Police arrested eight people And we investigated three more people in the provinces. Alicante, Valencia and Bizkaia liquidating an organization that has made it theirs property of 22 elderly people who died in municipalities Marina. had at the beginning of the plot Two brothers from BizkaiaA 63-year-old woman and law degree, and a 54-year-old male insurance broker. Those involved included two workers from a funeral home in Marina Alta, an employee from a nursing home, and a former worker from a city hall in the same area.
The vast majority of victims are foreign citizens who died in the state of Alicante and have no heirs, which facilitated the scam. This covid pandemic This allowed the organization to significantly increase its illegal activities, given the increase in deaths. The Civil Guard was able to prove that this conspiracy seized about twenty properties worth more than three million euros, as well as jewellery, cash in bank accounts and other assets of the deceased.
baptized as operation “Black Hand”” was presented this Monday, but the arrests were made last October. Dénia, l’Alfàs del Pi, Ondara, Calp, Oliva and Sopelana in Bizkaia. Those involved in the incident were charged with criminal organization, robbery, fraud, document falsification, embezzlement, money laundering, usurpation of civil status and possession of illegal weapons in the provinces of Alicante, Valencia and Bizkaia, depending on their degree of involvement. . HE Education Court No. 2 in Dénia Imprisonment for the non-practitioner lawyer, who is considered the leader of the gang, and an injunction for the rest.
Two of the 22 people whose heritage fell into the hands of the conspiracy are Spanish and five are Spanish nationals. France, someone Belgiumfour of them Switzerlandsomeone Britaineight Germany and one Finland. The operation is still ongoing and the Civil Guard is not ignoring more victims.
The investigation was initiated in May 2021 after learning that someone had removed the judicial seal from a house in Istanbul. benissa whose owner is dead. In addition to removing the seal, they also stole a motorcycle Harley Davidson and various objects. However, not only that, they also made renovations to rent the house.
jewels stolen from the dead
The investigations of this first phase led the Civil Guard from one place to two workers. Funeral home in Marina Alta. According to investigators, these employees stole the jewelry from the jewelry store. derelict, deceased informed relatives and other members of the group to call the homes of the deceased and obtain their bank codes.
After making sure that no relatives of the deceased had received the funeral, the two brothers, who were considered the leaders of the organization, took action.
This the woman was the manager of 12 companies, between the two The real estates of Dénia and Euskadi And Four agencies in Bilbao and Cantabria, his brother owned an insurance brokerage. While realtors are used to rent and sell the deceased’s property, fake commercial contracts to make the deceased the guarantor of their company. In this way, they were able to ensure that the deceased had the responsibility of inheritance and confiscated his property in a very economical way.
On the other hand, the brothers avoided paying taxes through a construction and renovation company, an insurance paperwork, and a mechanic workshop in Bilbao. two hotels in the provinces Murcia and ValenciaA restaurant – in Denia and two Offshore companies in Ireland and Malta. Likewise, they took control of a cultural association in Bilbao to simulate donating and non-payment while the deceased was alive.
The organization also had remarkable collaboration with a former employee of a town hall in Marina Alta. Thanks to his knowledge, he made recommendations for the irregular registration of properties and made cadastral changes. Real estate registration.
Among those detained also worker at a nursing home in Marina Alta, where he took his victims’ documents and bank keys and came to transfer them to the group’s accounts more than 112.000 Euros from two foreign nationals German and Swiss nationality.
The activity of the criminal organization has increased as the number of elderly people who have died from Kovid has increased, families have difficulty caring for their funerals, and in other cases there are no known heirs.
Usage procedure
Another method driven by the plot was procedural. right of use to acquire certain properties with prolonged use within the legally prescribed period. What they did to do this payment of taxes and basic needs and to make up for these losses, they rented them out as vacation spots.
Organization 20 properties seized worth more than three million, four of them are located in Parisand the Civil Guards decided to move the operation to the exploitation phase in October last year, detecting that the ringleader was planning to go abroad. Therefore, they arrested this woman and seven other people, as well as investigating three more.
In recorded records five gunsalmost one hundred jewels11,000 euros in cash, various computer and mobile phone devices, eight motor vehicles, one cold cryptocurrency wallet, 20 properties and 71 accounts blocked analyzed banks.
The operation was carried out by agencies. Regional Team of the Calp Civil Guard Judicial Police And Economic Crime Team of the Organic Division of the Alicante Judicial Police. Likewise, cooperation has been made between the Citizens’ Security units of the Calp Company and Valencia Command, and the staff of the Organic Unit of the Judicial Police of the Alicante and Bizkaia Commands.