Mossos Agents Sarrià-Sant Gervasi police stationfrom Barcelona, they arrested two people scammers44 and 32 years old, imitating other men identity documents stolen in robberies then inside the vehicle to go to the banks and withdraw large sums of money.
The detainees used photo identification documents with a specific image to avoid the suspicion of bank employees. Within a year, the researchers were able to identify 35 people suffered from these two scammers They would have stolen more than €57,000.
The investigation began in May of last year, when Mossos d’Esquadra learned that a man was impersonating other men to bank and steal money from their accounts. Normally he would withdraw money from bank institutions. Different populations of Catalonia or from Spain to complicate the investigation of agents. identity documents they were stolen from cars for the sole purpose of using them to fraudulently obtain money.
crime partner
He acted with another man, who often acted as an accomplice to facilitate the tasks carried out. He was usually responsible for renting the vehicles used to travel to different municipalities where they chose bank establishments and then returning home.
Both are charged with fraud, using a genuine document without legitimacy and usurping marital status, and being a member of a criminal organization. These are a large number of scammers who commit crimes over and over again. They moved across Catalonia and that they had amassed thirty records among them.
A crime network to catch scammers
Researchers operate on the assumption that the investigated phenomena are planned. other persons responsible for hiring individualssuch as those investigated for having an age profile and physical characteristics that match those of the owners appearing on stolen identity documents. The detainees will be part of a specialized criminal network, from which events will be planned, and the necessary structure and logistics for committing crimes will be designed.
This network will consist of different members who organize and distribute tasks, including recruiting people to commit fraud. In this sense, and in this case, the detainees respond to the profile of those who have carried out the most risky stage of committing a criminal act in return for commission.