Alicante police have detained two males, 41 and 44 years old, on suspicion of committing identity theft with the intent to steal almost 62,000 euros from victims’ bank accounts in the Madrid Community. The victims include more than 15 people.
The National Police say the investigation started when a man reported that someone had opened multiple bank accounts in his name without his knowledge or consent. The man also said that the last time he gave out personal information was in 2020, when he switched electricity providers. In that process, they asked for many documents, including photos of his ID, so he believes that someone has been using his data fraudulently ever since.
After preliminary investigations, police from the Distrito Norte de Alicante connected this case to another complaint where a second victim detailed identical occurrences; in all, nine victims’ names were used fraudulently to open bank accounts.
Three victims who had reported suspicious activity in different towns within the Community of Madrid had their bank accounts associated with the suspicious activity. The victims had a total of 62,412 euros stolen from their accounts, which the criminals subsequently moved to other accounts they had fraudulently opened in an effort to obstruct police investigations.
The agents tracked down the two suspects, a 41-year-old and a 44-year-old Spanish national, and took them into custody on charges of fraud, document forgery, and usurpation of civil status.
Thanks to the quick freezing of the detainees’ bank accounts as part of the proceedings being carried out by an Alicante court, only 8,151 euros of the total amount of money that was swindled have been recovered.
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