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08-10-2022, 07:34 PM
Radio Sintonia:
The Civil Guard of Morro Jable clarifies two crimes of fraud to two educational centers in Madrid.
The Civil Guard of the Main Post of Morro Jable in Fuerteventura, the result of citizen and Police collaboration, clarifies two crimes of fraud to two private educational centers located in Madrid, both centers being concerted with the Italian Government depending on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy.
The two alleged perpetrators of 36 years and 41 years, having one of them a history of fraud and belonging to a criminal organization in Italy, made telephone calls to these centers posing as members of the Italian Embassy in Spain, getting them to make several bank transfers in various amounts amounting to a total amount of 14,850 euros respectively.
Knowledge of the facts
The Civil Guard was aware of the Events that occurred as a result of two complaints filed in a Police station of the Community of Madrid. The first complaint was filed on February 21, 2022 and the second on March 9, 2022. At the end of February 2022, there were two crimes of Fraud to two private educational centers concerted with the Italian Government, based on the methods and pedagogical tradition of the State Schools of that country, in the city of Madrid, Chamberí neighborhood.
These two reported facts followed the same modus operandi, first a person contacted the Management of the Center, posing as staff of the Italian Embassy in Spain, informing them that an error had happened in the amount assigned to said educational center, having to return part of it by bank transfer.
Therefore, the first educational center carried out three income operations for the following amounts € 3,900, € 1,000 and € 1,950 to the current account number of the alleged perpetrators of the scam. The second center also made two bank transfers for amounts of € 5,900 and another of € 2,100. The total amount defrauded by the two alleged perpetrators to the two centers amounts to € 14,850.
Initiation and development of research
The investigation originated at the end of June by the Investigation Area of the Main Post of Morro Jable, after receiving the two complaints. The Civil Guard carried out the appropriate Police investigations and the various steps to clarify the facts that occurred, being able to identify the two authors of the scams, since they resided in the town of Costa Calma (Pájara).
Likewise, the agents were able to obtain the ownership of the telephone numbers and current account numbers used to carry out the different scams, as a result, it was possible to identify and locate a witness of the network, which provided specific data. Therefore, this fact made it easier for the agents to carry out a more thorough investigation.
The alleged authors developed an elaborate and distinctive operation through deception, since once they received in their bank accounts the amounts defrauded, they subsequently made several transfers for amounts lower than other relatives, all with the aim of not raising suspicions about the illicit origin of the Money obtained.
Finally, the investigation led the Civil Guard to learn that one of the alleged perpetrators had been extradited to Italy, for belonging to a Criminal Organization expert in bank scams, having pending cases in that country for similar criminal acts. In addition, that person had committed in 2017 several crimes of fraud; in an Italian School, in a Convent, in a Nursing Home, etc., and that the alleged author pretended to be the director of some Public Institution, where he made them see that they had been sent a subsidy and that they had made a mistake in the amount, so they had to return part of it. The other alleged perpetrator is known to have fled Spain for Italy.
The Civil Guard of Morro Jable clarifies two crimes of fraud to two educational centers in Madrid.
The Civil Guard of the Main Post of Morro Jable in Fuerteventura, the result of citizen and Police collaboration, clarifies two crimes of fraud to two private educational centers located in Madrid, both centers being concerted with the Italian Government depending on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy.
The two alleged perpetrators of 36 years and 41 years, having one of them a history of fraud and belonging to a criminal organization in Italy, made telephone calls to these centers posing as members of the Italian Embassy in Spain, getting them to make several bank transfers in various amounts amounting to a total amount of 14,850 euros respectively.
Knowledge of the facts
The Civil Guard was aware of the Events that occurred as a result of two complaints filed in a Police station of the Community of Madrid. The first complaint was filed on February 21, 2022 and the second on March 9, 2022. At the end of February 2022, there were two crimes of Fraud to two private educational centers concerted with the Italian Government, based on the methods and pedagogical tradition of the State Schools of that country, in the city of Madrid, Chamberí neighborhood.
These two reported facts followed the same modus operandi, first a person contacted the Management of the Center, posing as staff of the Italian Embassy in Spain, informing them that an error had happened in the amount assigned to said educational center, having to return part of it by bank transfer.
Therefore, the first educational center carried out three income operations for the following amounts € 3,900, € 1,000 and € 1,950 to the current account number of the alleged perpetrators of the scam. The second center also made two bank transfers for amounts of € 5,900 and another of € 2,100. The total amount defrauded by the two alleged perpetrators to the two centers amounts to € 14,850.
Initiation and development of research
The investigation originated at the end of June by the Investigation Area of the Main Post of Morro Jable, after receiving the two complaints. The Civil Guard carried out the appropriate Police investigations and the various steps to clarify the facts that occurred, being able to identify the two authors of the scams, since they resided in the town of Costa Calma (Pájara).
Likewise, the agents were able to obtain the ownership of the telephone numbers and current account numbers used to carry out the different scams, as a result, it was possible to identify and locate a witness of the network, which provided specific data. Therefore, this fact made it easier for the agents to carry out a more thorough investigation.
The alleged authors developed an elaborate and distinctive operation through deception, since once they received in their bank accounts the amounts defrauded, they subsequently made several transfers for amounts lower than other relatives, all with the aim of not raising suspicions about the illicit origin of the Money obtained.
Finally, the investigation led the Civil Guard to learn that one of the alleged perpetrators had been extradited to Italy, for belonging to a Criminal Organization expert in bank scams, having pending cases in that country for similar criminal acts. In addition, that person had committed in 2017 several crimes of fraud; in an Italian School, in a Convent, in a Nursing Home, etc., and that the alleged author pretended to be the director of some Public Institution, where he made them see that they had been sent a subsidy and that they had made a mistake in the amount, so they had to return part of it. The other alleged perpetrator is known to have fled Spain for Italy.