Arrested in Alicante for allegedly making 175 purchases with an old woman’s credit card

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He made purchases with the bank’s credit card for a year. 85 year old woman when you realize you care and the victim already noticed More than 6,000 euros defrauded 175 fraud charges in physical stores and online shopping. The alleged fraudster, a 32-year-old woman of Colombian nationality, Arrested by police in Alicante After filing a complaint with the national police.

this Economic Crime Group After the Alicante Provincial Judicial Police Brigade launched an investigation upon a complaint and after examining all the victim’s data and bank movements, it became clear that the elderly woman’s caregiver intervened. 175 fraud charges The 85-year-old woman’s credit card is worth over 6,000 euros.

The fraudulent purchases detected by the police had nothing to do with the woman’s daily life. So she used the card in cocktail bars, pubs, beauty salons, teen fashion clothing stores and even a dental clinic.

According to police investigators, during the year the card was owned, he not only made online purchases loaded into the victim’s account, but also learned the victim’s PIN number and made physical payments and cash withdrawals at workplaces. ATMs owned by banking institutions.

After all the evidence was gathered, Alicante Economic Crime Group agents began arresting the scammed elderly woman’s caregiver.

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