Three arrested for defrauding at least 18 clients of a dental clinic in Murcia

The National Police have apprehended three people on suspicion of misappropriation, fraud, identity theft, and document fabrication. They were convicted of illegally benefitting from patient payments at a dental clinic in Murcia, where one of them worked.

So far, officers have identified 18 clients who have admitted to being victims of this tactic, and the chance of further victims appearing is not ruled out.

In addition to the worker, the National Police officers in charge of the investigation have detained two other individuals engaged in the events, charging them with embezzlement, fraud, identity theft, and document falsification.

The manager of a dental clinic in Murcia filed a complaint with police, informing investigators that they had been duped because the money their clients claimed to have paid via Bizum or bank transfers for treatments done at the clinic never arrived at the company’s bank account.

This led to the start of an investigation to clarify the facts, which led officers to an employee of the dental clinic who, taking advantage of the relationship of trust she had with clients, induced them to make payments for the treatments received through Bizum to telephone numbers or bank accounts, making them believe that they belonged to the clinic, when in fact they belonged to other people, who, once they received the money, sent it to a bank account where the employee

The inmate allegedly even secured loans for patients to get financing and medical procedures as instructed. She made loans by impersonating third parties and seizing funds authorised by banks.