National Police agents arrested a woman as the perpetrator of several crimes Fraud crimes When collecting a deposit for fake rental apartments in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
The investigated person posted false rentals on various platforms, for which … Which asked the victims to pay a sum of money as bail and precaution.
The investigation began in December 2024, after customers received several fraud complaints with a common denominator: the same modus operandi. The detainee posted advertisements for supposed apartments for rent on real estate portals and digital platforms, and later met potential victims in person. In the meeting, A. was presented to them Video of the house shown A was signed Fake contractThen he asked for cash as a deposit and reservation.
Once the agreed upon amount was received, the author handed over the victims key From the supposed house. When they went to the aforementioned address, they discovered that they had been scammed. As a result, the person under investigation blocked any means of communication with the victims, preventing them from contacting her again.
The total amount defrauded exceeds €10,000, although agents consider the figure could be higher since a large number of victims have not filed a complaint.
The woman learned that the courts and the National Police were looking for her, so she used self-protection measures so as not to be located and evade police procedures. This made it necessary to implement a The police force is tough It ended with his arrest and his subsequent placement at the disposal of the judicial authority, which ordered his imprisonment.
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