The Civil Guard of the Las Palmas Command arrested a male on October 29th as the presumed perpetrator of an alleged crime of misappropriation, being a worker from a well-known company in Lanzarote.
The events have been occurring from 2024 to the present. During this period, the aforementioned worker, taking advantage of the trust granted by his company to make purchases in its name and at its expense, took the opportunity to acquire a large quantity of material such as tools, industrial machinery, and numerous construction and building elements for his benefit, with the fraudulently acquired items reaching, according to company calculations, an approximate value of 100,000 euros.
As soon as these events became known, the company informed the Civil Guard of this practice through the corresponding complaint, with agents from the Tias Investigation Area taking charge of the inquiries to corroborate what had happened.
Action was taken quickly to secure the initial evidence, given that there were strong suspicions that the presumed perpetrator, in order to evade justice, might dispose of the effects.
On the morning of October 29th, it was possible to locate practically all of the effects, the facts were considered proven, and the effects were sealed. The arrest of the alleged perpetrator was carried out, and he was placed at the disposal of the Arrecife Courts of First Instance.
As a precautionary measure, the aforementioned Courts ordered the controlled handover of all recovered effects to the affected company.
The Civil Guard reminds that the crime of misappropriation in Spain is regulated in articles 253 and 254 of the Penal Code. It occurs when someone legitimately receives money, effects, securities, or other movable property (by deposit, commission, custody, or any title that obliges them to deliver or return it), but instead of doing so, appropriates it for themselves or a third party, refusing to return it or using it for a different purpose.
The penalties for this specific case (aggravated type as it exceeds 50,000 euros) would range from a prison sentence of 1 to 6 years and/or a fine of 6 to 12 months, in addition to the restitution by the accused of the damage caused.
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