A 24-year-old woman was arrested in Gandia by National Police officers on suspicion of document fabrication, mimicking a crime, and squatting. To avoid leaving, the young woman allegedly fraudulently reported being cheated out of renting a residence in which she was actually squatting.
The now-detained woman told the National Police that she was looking for a rental flat, and after seeing one, she signed a lease agreement with the purported owner and paid €7,000 in cash, including the supposed contract in her report. Later, the legal owner told her, via a representative, that she was squatting in the house and, according to the now-detained woman, cut her power bill, damaged her water meters, and hired a removal firm to force her to leave.
National Police officers even went to the residence after being warned by the owner, who discovered that it was occupied. The young woman informed them that she had been duped out of her rent and would depart as soon as possible.
The officers’ investigation indicated that the complainant’s rental agreement was forged, since the signatures were reportedly hers, and the alleged landlord’s details did not match anyone else’s. Finally, the young woman readily admitted to the police that everything she had alleged in her complaint was fake and that she had filed it to keep the complainant from leaving the flat she had occupied.
Officers arrested her for allegedly falsifying documents, mimicking a crime, and occupying property. The arrested woman was released after providing her statement and being reminded of her legal obligation to appear before the court authority if needed.
Author: Derek Appleton
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