National Police officers arrested Marbella a 73-year-old man of Norwegian origin as the alleged perpetrator of a scam weird: pretend to be an agent of the authorities of your country to deceive a woman and buy it … for one ridiculous pricehe vehicle that he himself had stolen two years ago. The arrested person is charged with the offenses of vehicle theft, document falsification and attempted fraud.
The investigation dates back to September 2023, when the owner left her car in a mechanical workshop in the city of Marbella to carry out some repairs, handing over the keys to the manager of the establishment. The next day, the car Already was not found inside place and the manager of the premises declared ignore the circumstances her disappearance.
The case remained stagnant until last July, when the victim expanded her complaint by providing new and surprising information. According to her testimony, an individual contacted her by messaging and email. identify as norwegian police.
This man assured him that his vehicle had been recovered in the Scandinavian country, although it was “in very poor condition“. Based on this principle, he offered her a Rising of money insignificant in exchange for keeping the car, going so far as to send him a sales contract to sign. The victim always refused.
I’m wanted for bad parking
The efforts made by the Local Judicial Police Brigade of the Marbella Police Station made it possible to identify the holder of the telephone line and the e-mail used. The agents discovered that the suspect had taken out insurance for a car with a company operating in the national territory with the same technical characteristics as the one stolen.
Investigations confirmed that the perpetrator was a resident of Marbella, of Norwegian nationality, who had no connection with his country’s security forces and bodies. Their goal, according to the researchers, was cheat to the rightful owner For can legalizethe document of the vehicle in Traffic.
The result of the operation was hastened thanks to the collaboration of the local Marbella police. Moments before the arrest, officers intervened vehicle which was found poorly parked in a parking space within the same urbanization where the person surveyed resided.
After the relevant checks, it was verified that the car had number plates. Norwegian number plates in the suspect’s name, but these did not match his registration number. Analysis of the chassis confirmed that it was indeed the vehicle reported by the victim in 2023, which had been recovered in the parking lot of the fake police officer’s residence.
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