The immigrants paid up to 1200 euros for the processing of residence permits.
The detainees were operating from the offices of a labor consultant in Murcia
National Police officers assigned to the Provincial Brigade of Aliens and Border Murcia, have broken up an organized group composed of five persons of Spanish nationality dedicated to providing false documents for the regularization of illegal immigrants.
The investigations began when, thanks to the collaboration, were received by the Provincial Brigade of Aliens and Border Murcia information from the Directorate General of Immigration Management, detailing the activities of a Spanish citizen dedicated to sell to aliens irregular necessary documentation to apply for regularization by roots in Spain.
Having checked these points and analyze the applications submitted intervention investigated, some similarities could be seen as reports showed that self-employment and contracting commitments with a very similar model for various activities among which were: keeper of dogs, hawking balloons, ecological bike dealer, locksmith night lingerie shopping, upholsterer, sharpener at home, awnings and other cleaner.
For this, the investigation was using his status as an employment consultant and sole director of several companies that had no contract activity but were used as carriers of the documentation generated and sold to immigrants in quantities of between 400 and 1,200 euros.
At other times, used the business name whose data known to simulate the investigated contracts to which these were totally unrelated.
Research showed that in these two advisory activities involved working with the first shared office.
Also found that two former entrepreneurs whose companies had no activity for several years, were part of the plot and facilitated entirely spurious contract offers in exchange for a cash benefit.
After all the front ends checked, on March 26 saw the arrest of labor adviser and his two partners, with the two aforementioned business.
To all of them are charged with the crimes of forgery and fraud.
Joining them have been arrested nineteen other people, all illegal immigrants who are charged with violation of the Aliens Act and forgery.
It is considered that the members of this plot could have processed about 200 applications using the procedure described.
Source: Jefatura Superior de Policía de Murcia