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How Criminals Used an Investment Ruse Coupled with Fake Billionaire Identities to Deceive a Tech Startup and Steal (Almost) USD 1.2 Million in Cryptocurrency

Scammers established an elaborate corporate website, assumed famous businessmen identities, offered millions in investment, and used a clever QR code trick to empty crypto wallet

5 Feb, 2025 @ 11:36

Spain leads the world’s cryptocurrency property market: Almost 300 homes are purchasable with Bitcoin or Ethereum in Marbella, Alicante and elsewhere

THE latest findings presented by Forex Suggest delves into the global property market to discover the countries dominating with the number of properties payable by

15 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Property

Social media calls to overthrow Spain's government over slow response to Valencia flood disaster came from Chinese state-led group

British hacker arrested in Spain for taking control of Obama’s Twitter account given five years by a New York court

A BRITISH hacker who was arrested in Spain’s Estepona in July 2021 after he managed to take control of high-profile Twitter accounts, including that of

26 Jun, 2023 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Crypto earnings to be investigated by Spain’s Inland Revenue

THE Spanish Inland Revenue has launched an investigation to identify bitcoin-related assets to prevent tax evasion and avoidance. The period for submitting the income tax

17 Apr, 2023 @ 12:45

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Kidnap, crypto and Ukrainians: The multimillion-euro scandal that looks to have defrauded hundreds in Spain and Gibraltar

A KIDNAPPING of two expats foiled by Spanish police last year is linked to an enormous crypto currency scandal set to rock Spain and Gibraltar,

8 Mar, 2023 @ 18:30

Alicante·Business & Finance·Gibraltar·Lead·Must Read

Spain’s Malaga ramps up police surveillance on Midsummer’s Eve to 300 police officers and a drone

Benidorm gang dress up as police to con €500,000 out of businessman on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A Benidorm gang fleeced a Russian businessman out of €500,000 by pretending to be Guardia Civil officers and telling him that he was wanted by

20 Dec, 2022 @ 09:15

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Lawyer takes Vueling to court in Spain and wins after airline charged him €60 for hand luggage in what judge branded an ‘abusive practice’

Spain’s Vueling Airlines becomes Europe’s first budget carrier to allow cryptocurrency ticket payments

SPAIN’S Vueling Airways will offer passengers the chance to pay for tickets via cryptocurrency from next year- the first such move for a budget airline

21 Jun, 2022 @ 11:15

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Travel News

Bitcoin investors claim they lost over €250 million in first-ever crypto-currency fraud case before Spain's National Court

Cryptocurrency scammer who lived luxury lifestyle on Spain’s Costa del Sol arrested in Latvia

A SCAMMER, who lived a life of luxury on the Costa del Sol while allegedly fleecing his victims of at least €500,000, has been traced

23 Nov, 2021 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead

‘Tens of millions’ of bitcoin stolen from US entrepreneur at his Madrid home in Spain

AN American digital entrepreneur says he was robbed of ‘tens of millons’ of bitcoin after thieves broke into his Madrid home. The Policia Nacional is

3 Nov, 2021 @ 20:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Police raid a cryptocurrency farm in Toledo area of central Spain powered by illegal electricity supply

A cryptocurrency farm that illegally syphoned vast amounts of electricity has been raided by the Policia Nacional. The high use of power at a Toledo

20 Aug, 2021 @ 19:50

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

‘CRYPTO-CON’ as investors sue for €250 million in first-ever crypto-currency fraud case before Spain’s National Court

SPAIN’S first-ever class action involving crypto-currency fraud has been presented to the National Court in Madrid. The lawsuit claims that over 300 small crypto investors

15 Apr, 2021 @ 12:09

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·National News

Cryptocrooks: Spanish police bust tax haven Bitcoin fraudsters

A RECENT huge rise in the value of cryptocurrencies has seen a parallel rise in scammers. Spanish police have moved in on a ring of

6 Feb, 2021 @ 16:37

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Other News

Warning over cyber scam in Spain which claims to have recorded you masturbating to porn after hacking your webcam

THE Guardia Civil has sounded the alarm over a sex tape extortion scam in Spain. According to the police body, victims are sent an email

12 Sep, 2019 @ 11:27

Crime & Law·Lead

Europol help police in Spain dismantle cryptocurrency money laundering ring

It comes as bitcoin worth €37 million was stolen by hackers from one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges

9 May, 2019 @ 13:13

Crime & Law·Lead

Seven arrested on Costa del Sol and in Barcelona as police bust drug gang who sold cannabis using cryptocurrencies

Police also seized €2,000 in cash and €115,000 in computer equipment used for managing cryptocurrencies

8 Apr, 2019 @ 17:16

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Gibraltar webcam hackers demanding Bitcoin from victims after ‘recording them watching porn’

Victims are being sent their own passwords as proof their computers have been hacked

3 Aug, 2018 @ 11:43

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

First Gibraltar, now Spain! As government draws up Bitcoin legislation

Garcia also hinted at a lack of regulation to encourage initial growth in Spain but said 'we want to set up Europe's safest framework to

16 Feb, 2018 @ 13:44

Business & Finance·Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Cafe con leche? That’ll cost 0.000135606 Bitcoin please

A bar in Malaga is now accepting Bitcoin as a form of payment. Hermanos Madrid, in the La Roca neighbourhood of Malaga, will hand over

16 Feb, 2018 @ 12:05

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga

Digital currency booming in Spain with introduction of bitcoin ATMs

Bitcoin boom

22 Jan, 2016 @ 10:38

Business & Finance

Digital currency Bitcoin exempt from tax in Spain

Virtual currency Bitcoin is now exempt from value added tax in Spain

29 Apr, 2015 @ 15:30

Business & Finance

Jihadi plans to weaponise Ebola intercepted by Spanish authorities

Spanish intelligence officers have intercepted jihadi plans to turn Ebola into a weapon

31 Oct, 2014 @ 13:32

Lead·National News

The dark side to nights out in Puerto Banus and Magaluf

The Olive Press goes undercover in Puerto Banus and Magaluf to investigate drink spiking in Spanish resorts, and discovers how easily obtainable date-rape drugs are

9 Jul, 2014 @ 11:56

Crime & Law