agents National Police 25 young people were arrested to betray more than half a million euros with the acquisition of a multinational e-commerce company These are the products that they demand to be returned by saying that they are defective, but they return and put up for sale.
For this they created 500 customer accounts where they shop using more than 400 virtual cardsAccording to police in a press release.
After receiving the orders, they demanded a refund to the company, claiming that they did not receive it or that they had some defects, but then they did not return the products they sold on their sales page.
The investigation, which resulted in arrests a month ago, began in January of last year when agents learned of it. several teenagers had sent several empty envelopes as a result of several orders being returned. rather than including the product itself.
They also confirmed that each of the posts corresponded to a different client account, and after the investigations progressed, they were able to confirm that there was a group of teenagers engaged in fraud at a multinational electronic commerce company.
The modus operandi was: create customer accounts that they then associate with a virtual payment card they made a large number of acquisitions, mostly high-quality electronic products.
After receiving the order, they contacted the company and made a claim, claiming that they did not receive the product or that there was a defect. return of the same and reimbursement of the payment.
The scam ended when, instead of physically returning the purchased product, they went to postal delivery companies to deliver the empty envelopes with the return label assigned.
Researchers later found most of the products were sold through different buying and selling sites.
After the agents managed to identify everyone involved, and thanks to continued cooperation with the company’s security department, a device was installed which ended with the arrest of 25 teenagers on June 8. 20 and 35 years – and registration of four addresses.
They found a large number of electronic effects, cash and documents on criminal acts.