Benidorm National Police agents have completed a challenging investigation and led to the arrest of a woman as the alleged perpetrator who defrauded her friend of €35,000 from whom she asked for the money. He was due to receive an inheritance from the USA, allegedly worth over 3 million euros. This wasn’t the first time the arrested woman used this modus operandi According to National Police sources, he also defrauded another man he cared about in El Ejido in the same way.
The investigation was carried out by Department VI of the Benidorm Judicial Police, which is responsible for the investigation and suppression of crimes against property and socioeconomic order, as well as criminal investigations through the use of new technologies. It was carried out by agents from his group. It all started in January last year, when the victim A man living in Benidorm met and made friends with a woman through the Facebook application. They met in person two months later, further cementing their friendship and leading to a relationship.
After starting a romantic relationship, the perpetrator of the crime He told the man that he needed 28,000 euros to pay some tax costs in the United States because he was incurring the expense of collecting an inheritance of 3,000,000 euros from a relative. However, according to the same sources, I had to lend him a loan because he did not have that financial amount at that time.
Maximum three money requests
That’s when the victim began “withdrawing countless amounts of money from his bank accounts and handing over all the money to the perpetrator of the crime.” After the author received this information 28,000 euro man fooled once again by demanding another 7,000 euros in fare management extras According to police sources, the victim accepted this offer because she completely trusted her partner. A few weeks later The woman again demanded 13 thousand euros from the victim with the same allegations. At that time, the man became suspicious of the woman and realized that she was the victim of a scam.
The victim went to the police station and filed a complaint. Researchers quickly They started collecting all the necessary information and evidence, and ultimately the woman was arrested. They also requested the Court to block the detainee’s bank accounts to recover the fraudulent money.
Another scam in El Ejido
During the exploitation phase of the investigation, Group VI members confirmed that the perpetrator of the incidents was a repeat offender, having committed another fraud offense in 2020. The same method of deception by which he obtained up to 40,000 euros in cash from a man he was looking after in El Ejido. The detainee, a woman of Spanish nationality who is of legal age, was placed at the disposal of the Benidorm Court of Guardians following the completion of police procedures.