Alex Trelinski
A SCAMMER pocketed over €32,000 from Valencia flood victims for non-existent home repairs.
The 41-year-old Spaniard went round a flood-hit estate next to a ravine in Torrent taking deposits, with at least eight residents being conned.
He was arrested in Burriana last month and violently resisted Policia Nacional officers.
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Victims filed complaints about the man in January, who had previous arrests for similar crimes.
He reeled in people by offering cut-price estimates but asked for half of the cost to be paid up front.
The deception included using a slightly-changed name of a legitimate company to give him extra credibility.
The man even carried out some very basic work to ensure home-owners gained his trust before he disappeared.
Tracking him down was not easy, as the suspect used bank accounts in the name of a dead person to accept client payments.
