The Civil Guard is investigating a 28-year-old man residing in Lanzarote for a crime of "simulation of crime", for his alleged participation in the crime that he himself had reported, being a scam in which he referred to having detected "an unauthorized charge in his bank account worth 500 euros in cryptocurrencies."
The Civil Guard became aware of this following a complaint filed last July by a man at the National Police station in Arrecife, which was later transferred to the Tías Main Post, in which the injured person reported being a victim of this technological scam.
The Civil Guard carried out police investigations and observed "certain inconsistencies with what was stated by the complainant and what was provided by the cryptocurrency platform where the charge was made." Likewise, the agents also realized that it could have been a case of "identity theft by third parties", as occurs in similar events, because the victims "send photos of documentation and selfies to the alleged perpetrators." For this reason, the agents proceeded to summon the complainant to expand and clarify his complaint.
The Benemérita collected all the data on the events that occurred, realizing that the injured party reaffirmed what was stated in the complaint, thereby arousing suspicion on the part of the investigators. Consequently, the agents proceeded to show him the response provided by the platform, in which it was clear "that the creation of the account on the aforementioned platform and the charge of 500 euros had been made by the complainant himself."
Finally, the alleged perpetrator of the events filed the corresponding complaint as an alleged victim of a fraud crime, with the aim that his bank would reimburse him for the aforementioned amount of money. Therefore, the proceedings initiated were made available to the Arrecife Duty Court.
