Portal de Murcia
www.portaldemurcia.com
National Police Brigade belonging to the Judicial Police Provincial de Murcia, sixteen people have been arrested on charges of fraud and forgery of commercial paper, after checking that made up a story dedicated to the recovery of fraudulent bank checks stolen.
The operation was launched this past April, when researchers noted the existence of a group of people who would be profiting by cashing fraudulently obtained two companies engaged in the management and processing of documents related to the real estate business .
The checks were fraudulently removed from the offices of these companies and once completed the necessary data were entered into the bank accounts of members of the plot, which later withdrew the cash but because the dynamics of their own activity, the company had been aware of the fraud.
The first steps performed from the outset allowed to determine the entry and recovery of several of these checks and after verifying the authenticity of documentary support, research was conducted to determine their origin.
In this way learned that the checks had been stolen from the company for one of its employees, using their knowledge of the internal procedures and the confidence placed in him by his employers, which allowed access to these checks, signed and barred, to carry out the payment registers, notaries and other agencies involved in the activity of the company.
Subsequently, the same employee contacted with people you trust to be in collusion and who delivered the checks to collect these fees on their accounts and then withdraw the amounts deposited.
For this effort, the collectors of checks received amounts equivalent to 10% of the amount defrauded.
Once all the details of the events under investigation, on the 1st of June, proceeded to the arrest of the sixteen involved in the crimes under investigation, who are charged with the crimes of fraud and forgery.
After the arrests were carried out two registers in homes, where they found documents proving the facts investigated.
The total amount defrauded is of 252,000 euros, most scams obtained in amounts of between 1,000 and 3,000 euros, although on three occasions defrauded amounts close to 30,000 euros.
All detainees are older and a Spanish national.
Six of them, among which is primarily responsible for the events under investigation were made available to the Court of Guard last June 3.
The rest of those arrested have been released but the charges still stand.
Source: Jefatura Superior de Policía de Murcia
Privacy policy
- Legal notice
- Cookies