The Investigation Group of the Civil Guard of Costa Teguise arrested one person for receiving stolen goods and another for fraud in Lanzarote and Gran Canaria. In addition, it investigated five people also for a crime of receiving stolen goods between December 17 and 26, for several crimes of receiving stolen goods.
The events began after the Civil Guard received a report prepared by the National Police, in which a foreign resident stated that she was the owner of a vehicle that she had sold for 13,000 euros, and that she never got to cash. The buyer had sent the seller some screenshots with the alleged transfer made, being able to verify later that the transaction was never made.
After the police investigation, it was verified how the vehicle had been sold by the alleged buyer to a car dealer in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for 12,000 euros. Therefore, it was proceeded to request the Court of Arrecife the seizure of the vehicle and its documentation.
The Civil Guard highlights that the alleged scammer is a criminal with a multitude of fraud crimes, so the Civil Guard requested the Court to block all his accounts and information about the status of these, being able to verify how once received the amount of 12,000 euros the young man had made "various transfers of various importance to several people".
Therefore, we proceeded to the arrest of a 27-year-old man and after several operations because he is a person prone to flight and constantly changing address, to the arrest of another 22-year-old from Playa Blanca. This second person is currently related to numerous similar scams in Santa María de Guía, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, San Bartolomé, Playa Blanca and Arrecife. We also proceeded to investigate five other men for a crime of receiving stolen goods
Same modus operandi in scams
The modus operandi of the main scammer was to buy vehicles and after a screenshot of the transfer to the seller, a transfer that never took place, he proceeded to the rapid sale of the vehicle before the scam was discovered, staying in hotels from where he carries out the events. In addition, the Civil Guard highlights that in many of these cases he walked around the establishments with a non-official Civil Guard shirt and stated that he was an agent of the authority, in some cases Civil Guard and in others National Police. After his arrest, the acting force was able to find in the detainee's belongings an alleged Civil Guard plate.
All the police investigation will be delivered to the Court of Arrecife.
