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Spain’s National Police make nine arrests in Melilla over suspicions of postal vote fraud scheme

SPAIN’S National Police force has made nine arrests as investigations continue into alleged voter fraud in the North African city of Melilla ahead of this

24 May, 2023 @ 10:00

Lead·Politics

Court opens probe into possible voter fraud in Spain’s North African city Melilla

A COURT in the North African city of Melilla has opened an investigation into possible voter fraud ahead of the local and regional elections that

18 May, 2023 @ 21:00

Lead·Politics

Leader of giant international crypto scam who scammed ‘many’ Brits and other northern Europeans’ arrested in Palma, Mallorca

A FRAUDSTER has been arrested in Palma de Mallorca accused of the misappropriation of over €100 million through a crypto scam. The Spaniard, 60, is

24 Apr, 2023 @ 18:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Angry patient who attacked two ER doctors gets prison sentence in Spain

How Spain’s Social Security system is using artificial intelligence to identify fraudulent sick leave

SPAIN’S Social Security system is using an artificial intelligence algorithm to try to predict whether someone who is taking sick leave is ready to get

17 Apr, 2023 @ 18:45

Health·Lead·National News

Crypto pair no show: Globix bosses face arrest warrant after failing to show up for court in Gibraltar

A PAIR of wanted crypto tycoons face arrest warrants after failing to turn up in court. The two operators of shamed crypto exchange Globix failed

14 Apr, 2023 @ 18:45

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Must Read

Have you been hacked? Notorious hacker marketplace selling your identity to criminals taken down in worldwide police operation

SPANISH police were part of a 17-country-strong international police operation to bring down one of the world’s largest illegal marketplaces for stolen account credentials. Known

5 Apr, 2023 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Scammer With Nearly 600 Identities Stayed In Hotels Across Spain And Had Over 300 Bank Accounts

Scammer with 576 stolen identities stayed in hotels across Spain and had over 300 bank accounts

A MAN from the Murcia region may have earned the title of the biggest individual scammer in Spain. The Policia Nacional only this week revealed

5 Apr, 2023 @ 12:17

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Key figure in multi-billion euro cryptocurrency scam is arrested at Barcelona airport in Spain

EXCLUSIVE: Liquidators probing Globix close in on suspicious payments taken out of the company

THE bosses of a beleaguered crypto company ‘took out €11 million’ just months before the company collapsed, it can be revealed. Documents seen by the

4 Apr, 2023 @ 19:53

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Must Read

Notorious Spanish fraudster ‘Little Nicolas’ collects fourth jail sentence

A NOTORIOUS Spanish fraudster known as ‘Little Nicolas’, due to the tender age at which his deceptions began, has been given his fourth jail term.

29 Mar, 2023 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

‘High quality’ counterfeit notes seized in Spain’s Marbella

THE National Police have arrested seven people in Marbella who were involved in distributing counterfeit notes. In total 107 fraudulent bank notes were seized by

27 Mar, 2023 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Liquidators probing whether crypto exchange Globix was ‘a fraud or Ponzi scheme’ as the CEO flees to Barcelona

Have you had dealings with Globix? Contact us walter@theolivepress.es THE Gibraltar courts have stepped in to probe a suspect crypto trading platform amid allegations it

21 Mar, 2023 @ 19:15

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Must Read

Authorities in Portugal, Spain bust gang that was illegally trafficking in protected eels

SPAIN’S National Police force has busted a gang that was trafficking in protected species of eels. The joint operation, which also involved the Portuguese and

16 Mar, 2023 @ 20:41

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Car dealer on Spain's Costa Blanca spins mileage clocks back by 100,000 kilometres

Crooked car dealer on Spain’s Costa Blanca caught spinning mileage clocks back by 100,000 kilometres

POLICE have busted a scam in Crevillente where customers at a car dealership were sold high-end vehicles with tampered odometers. A man and a woman-

14 Mar, 2023 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

EXCLUSIVE: Giant crypto exchange Globix goes into liquidation amid rumours of missing €70 million

Have you invested money with Globix? Contact us walter@theolivepress.es A LEADING UK liquidator has been brought in to close down crypto company Globix which is

13 Mar, 2023 @ 18:51

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Malaga·Must Read

Costa Blanca hotels record their best-ever start to a year boosted by foreign holidaymakers

Fraudster lies about advance payment to enjoy free stays in hotels on Spain’s Mallorca

A conman duped three Palma hotels out of over €3,000 by falsely claiming he’d paid beforehand. The fraudster used online reservation sites and produced fake

6 Mar, 2023 @ 12:24

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Pharmacist Gets Cheap Medicine For Illegal Sale By Cloning Health Cards In Spain's Alicante Area

Pharmacist clones health cards to get cheap medicine for sales racket in Spain’s Alicante area

A pharmacist, 39, in the Cocentaina area of Alicante province has been arrested for illegally obtaining prescription medicines and selling them off to elderly customers.

27 Feb, 2023 @ 15:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

8 arrested for defrauding 73-year old pensioner

73-year old man in Malaga takes his own life after being defrauded of over €58,000

POLICE in Malaga have arrested 8 people for defrauding a 73-year old man of €58,210 who subsequently took his own life last year. Three have

22 Feb, 2023 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

‘Get rich quick’ sports betting scammer wanted by 16 courts in Spain is caught in Murcia

A fraudster offering to quickly double investments via sports betting has been arrested while withdrawing cash from a Murcia City ATM. The man scammed a

16 Feb, 2023 @ 14:15

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Malaga·Mar Menor·Murcia

Three youngsters in Spain found guilty of the biggest ever fraud against Amazon in Europe

THREE 22-year-olds from Mallorca have been convicted for what has been described as the biggest fraud against online retailer Amazon ever seen in Europe. The

7 Feb, 2023 @ 19:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Man arrested restaurant fraud Costa Blanca

Man arrested 15 times for not paying restaurant bills is jailed on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 50-year-old Latvian man is enjoying the culinary delights of Fontcalent prison after notching up 15 arrests for not paying his restaurant bills. The diner

3 Feb, 2023 @ 12:00

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

Elderly Woman On Spain's Costa Blanca Defrauded By Room Mate In Contactless Payment Scam

Elderly woman on Spain’s Costa Blanca defrauded in contactless payment scam

AN Alicante woman in her eighties was defrauded of €5,485 by a female who lived with her, after using her bank details to go on

31 Jan, 2023 @ 14:57

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

Wheel Of Fortune As Fraudsters Drill Hole In Roulette Machine To Net €50,000 In Spain's Murcia

Wheel of fortune with drilled hole in roulette machine netting fraudsters €50,000 in Spain’s Murcia

A roulette wheel game in a Aguilas gambling saloon was sabotaged to pay out €50,000 in five days. The ringleader of the fraudsters smuggled in

16 Jan, 2023 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Off-site car parking company workers scam Costa Blanca airport in Spain

FOUR employees of an Alicante-Elche airport car parking company have been arrested for a scam involving at least 50 vehicles dodging charges. Clients handed over

13 Dec, 2022 @ 15:00

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

Neymar and co-defendants cleared of fraud over 2013 transfer to Spain’s Barcelona

A court has cleared footballer Neymar and his co-defendants in a fraud trial linked to his 2013 transfer from Brazilian club Santos to Barcelona. The

13 Dec, 2022 @ 13:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Online shopping con defrauds parcel company of nearly €500,000 in Spain’s Valencia

A Valencia area parcel company was defrauded of €469,000 when it was hit by invoices from a luxury goods distributor based in Poland. The three

15 Nov, 2022 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Minor who was passing himself off as a doctor and making house calls arrested in Madrid

SPAIN’S National Police have arrested a minor in Madrid who was passing himself off as an emergency doctor and was actually making house calls. He

2 Nov, 2022 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

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Spain’s National Police make nine arrests in Melilla over suspicions of postal vote fraud scheme

Court opens probe into possible voter fraud in Spain’s North African city Melilla

Leader of giant international crypto scam who scammed ‘many’ Brits and other northern Europeans’ arrested in Palma, Mallorca

Crypto pair no show: Globix bosses face arrest warrant after failing to show up for court in Gibraltar

Have you been hacked? Notorious hacker marketplace selling your identity to criminals taken down in worldwide police operation

Scammer with 576 stolen identities stayed in hotels across Spain and had over 300 bank accounts

EXCLUSIVE: Liquidators probing Globix close in on suspicious payments taken out of the company

Notorious Spanish fraudster ‘Little Nicolas’ collects fourth jail sentence

‘High quality’ counterfeit notes seized in Spain’s Marbella

Liquidators probing whether crypto exchange Globix was ‘a fraud or Ponzi scheme’ as the CEO flees to Barcelona

Authorities in Portugal, Spain bust gang that was illegally trafficking in protected eels

Crooked car dealer on Spain’s Costa Blanca caught spinning mileage clocks back by 100,000 kilometres

EXCLUSIVE: Giant crypto exchange Globix goes into liquidation amid rumours of missing €70 million

Fraudster lies about advance payment to enjoy free stays in hotels on Spain’s Mallorca

Pharmacist clones health cards to get cheap medicine for sales racket in Spain’s Alicante area

73-year old man in Malaga takes his own life after being defrauded of over €58,000

Three youngsters in Spain found guilty of the biggest ever fraud against Amazon in Europe

Man arrested 15 times for not paying restaurant bills is jailed on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Elderly woman on Spain’s Costa Blanca defrauded in contactless payment scam

Wheel of fortune with drilled hole in roulette machine netting fraudsters €50,000 in Spain’s Murcia

Off-site car parking company workers scam Costa Blanca airport in Spain

Neymar and co-defendants cleared of fraud over 2013 transfer to Spain’s Barcelona

Online shopping con defrauds parcel company of nearly €500,000 in Spain’s Valencia

Minor who was passing himself off as a doctor and making house calls arrested in Madrid

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