National Police He arrested two men and a woman in Alicante for allegedly being members of a criminal group of fraudsters who used the criminal method known as “SIM swapping” or duplicating mobile phone cards. Those arrested are charged Fraud of over 57,000 euros from a company in AlicanteHowever, the Police have identified more victims in other provinces and do not rule out the possibility that more arrests will occur.
Alicante Provincial Judicial Police Brigade Economic and Financial Crimes Unit (UDEF) started investigations upon a complaint made by a representative of a family business. The complainant reported to the police that various incidents had occurred. fraudulent financial transactions from company accounts to various accounts.
While the amount of the defrauded money was 57 thousand 676 euros, the agencies, in addition to checking the banking movements of the accounts in question, also began to examine the account holders who benefited from the transactions in question.
While examining these movements, investigators confirmed that in addition to the money defrauded from the Alicante company, there were other receipts of money that were fraudulently executed and appeared to be fake. reported in other provinces this revealed the presence of a large number of victims on Spanish soil.
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Police were able to establish that the various fraudulent offenses involved were carried out through a method known as “SIM swapping”, which consists of fraudulently copying a SIM card. SIM card from a person’s mobile phonewhether physical or legal.
According to the police, the author fakes his identity to get the copy, and if the victim is left without phone service, their personal information is accessed and their digital banking is checked using a verification SMS sent to their phone number. .
UDEF agents succeeded Identify three alleged fraudstersTwo men of Spanish and Venezuelan nationality, aged 31 and 36, and
A young Spanish woman, 20 years old. 3 people involved in the incident were arrested and sent to prison bank depositors Where the deposits were made, images were obtained from various security cameras confirming that they were involved in the direct economic benefit of the authors.