Internet scammers from Torrevieja and Guadamar arrested for defrauding more than 70 people

Members of the organization used a fraudulent website that imitated a well-known mobile phone manufacturer brand.

Internet Fraud Arrest

Civil Guard as part of Operation Bulldog has arrested two men and is investigating two others, who live in Torrevieja and Guardamar, as alleged perpetrators of crimes related to persistent internet fraud, money laundering and membership in a criminal organization that killed 71 people across Spain.

The operation was launched last summer by agents of the Guardia Civil from the Teruel team and the Judicial Police Organic Unit after a complaint from a resident of Albarracin (Teruel) who bought a mobile phone over the Internet and did not receive it.

Online Fraud

During the investigation, agents were able to discover how members of the organization used a fraudulent website that imitated a well-known brand of a mobile phone manufacturer, on which the victims, after selecting a device, entered a series of personal data, including an email address.

An invoice was then sent to the email address provided with payment instructions, in this case by bank transfer, but after payment they never received the item.

After receiving the money, the members of the organization carried out transactions at ATMs and invested them in digital currency in order to launder the received capital.

The materials of the case, together with the detainees and those under investigation, were transferred to the Instructional Court of Teruel No. 3, which decided to place the two detainees in custody.