The three suspects posed as promoters of solar panel projects in Spain, Portugal and Italy and defrauded companies worth €1.5 million.
Three people were arrested in the Spanish cities of Madrid and León on suspicion of a 1.5 million euro fraud in which They posed as promoters of a solar panel project in Spain, Portugal and Italy.
As revealed this Thursday by the Spanish National Police, they are suspected of having defrauded of more than 1.5 million euros a telecommunications company and a luxury car dealership.
The detainees posed as a company with a technological project related to solar panels that would be installed in Spain, Portugal and Italy and which they presented to a telecommunications operator.
The project they presented It involved the purchase of thousands of high-end mobile phones and SIM cards for the devices.
After several meetings between the company created to commit the fraud and the telecommunications operator, 2,200 SIM cards and 2,500 mobile phones were delivered to the suspects of the crime, according to the Spanish National Police, which revealed that the arrests now announced result of an investigation that began in the middle of last year.
The company created to carry out the fraud disappeared after receiving the cards and mobile phones, which were sold to individuals in Spain and Italy.
Also according to the Spanish police, a few days after receiving the phones, the fraudulent company bought a high-end car for 130,000 euros, in installments, but only paid the first monthly installments, before disappearing.
According to the Spanish police, during the investigation 27 bank accounts were blocked and several vehicles were seized, a number that was not specified.
Source: Observadora
