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Cyber scammers pocket over €5 million by defrauding users of cloned electronic product websites in Spain

CYBER criminals banked over €5 million by cloning websites selling high-end electrical products that customers never received. Three people have been arrested in the Orihuela

21 Nov, 2024 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain busts the country’s most popular illegal football streaming service

A MAJOR online pirate TV supplier of La Liga football matches has been shut down by the Guardia Civil. ‘Crystal Azul’ had around 78,000 international

16 Nov, 2024 @ 07:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Razor blade scammers looked for €1m bonanza by selling top ‘brand name’ imported fakes in Spain

A RAZOR blade scam worth over €1 million has been busted by authorities with seven Spaniards and Italians arrested. The Policia Nacional and the Tax

13 Aug, 2024 @ 12:15

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Forgetful father faces homicide charge in Spain after 'his daughter, 2, dies in locked car in ordeal lasting for hours

Woman steals identity of a dead baby before embarking on 10-year criminal career as head of a mafia gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A WOMAN from the Dominican Republic used the identity of a deceased two-month-old baby to gain Spanish nationality before setting up a Costa Blanca-based criminal

22 Apr, 2024 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Old Man Conned By Young Female Fraudster's 'love Scam' In Valencia Area Of Spain

Retired Brits fall prey to €1.8million timeshare scam on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Police make multiple arrests

SPAIN’S Policia Nacional have busted a gang based in Malaga province that was scamming retired Brits on a massive scale, and is thought to have

5 Apr, 2024 @ 11:05

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

‘Fake doctor’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol had ‘10 appointments per day’ and ‘charged up to €4,000 for treatment’

Have you been a victim in a fraud case? If so, message: tips@theolivepress.es A ‘FAKE doctor’ who defrauded patients on the Costa del Sol for

28 Feb, 2024 @ 10:48

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Health·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Warning over holiday rental scams in southern Spain: Three are arrested for 'defrauding unsuspecting tourists out of tens of thousands of euros'

Spain’s police make 65 arrests in bust of cybercrime gang using the ’Hi Mum!” scam

IT is a scam that is being used around the world, and that can catch out even the most vigilant citizen. Known as “Hi Mum!”,

7 Feb, 2024 @ 10:20

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Mass Arrests In Spain's Malaga Over Fraudulent Residency Applications For British Citizens Including Criminals

Spain’s National Police arrest 14, including two civil servants, over fake residency papers ring

A TOTAL of 14 people have been arrested in Alicante province on suspicion of faking documents in order to secure residency in Spain as well

5 Oct, 2023 @ 14:45

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Two 2000-year-old Amphoras discovered off coast of Spain’s Cadiz

EXCLUSIVE: English and Irish fugitives arrested in Spain’s Costa del Sol

TWO fugitives wanted by the British and Irish justice have been arrested on the Costa del Sol. A 47-year-old English fugitive known as P.M.C and

18 Aug, 2023 @ 13:25

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Must Read

Woman ordered to pay back dead brother’s pension that she claimed for 24 years in Spain’s Valencia region

A VALENCIA area woman has been given a two-year prison sentence and ordered to repay €135,805 to Social Security after her claiming her dead brother’s

14 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

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Spain’s Civil Guard nabs British holidaymaker at Santander ferry port over unpaid hotel bill

HE NEARLY got away with it… A 64-year-old British holidaymaker was arrested by the Spanish Civil Guard as he was about to board a ferry

4 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Travel News

Online scams, thefts, and physical assaults leap up to produce big rise in Spain's crime rate after pandemic kept criminals at home

Spain’s Civil Guard arrests more than 100 people on suspicion of €1m SMS bank fraud scam

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es MORE than 100 people have been arrested by the Spanish Civil Guard on suspicion of defrauding as much

1 Aug, 2023 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Cops in Spain’s Tenerife arrest three after SMS bank phishing scam nets them €200,000

THE CIVIL GUARD has made three arrests in Tenerife after detecting an SMS phishing scam that conned as many as 170 people across Spain. A

30 Jul, 2023 @ 12:45

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Police in Spain arrest and investigate over 100 online buyers of fake university degrees

THE POLICIA NACIONAL has arrested 20 people and are investigating another hundred in Spain for online purchases of bogus degrees from approximately 30 Spanish universities.

14 Jun, 2023 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Gypsy, 20, is acquitted after raping and impregnating a 12-year-old girl in Spain because ‘it’s part of their culture’

Mother and son exploited Alzheimer’s sufferer for cheap house purchase on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A DENIA mother and son have been convicted by an Alicante court of hoodwinking an Alzheimer’s sufferer into selling her house at over half the

9 Jun, 2023 @ 12:45

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

Spain’s Civil Guard busts gang who stole €1m thanks to identity theft

THE CIVIL GUARD has busted a gang who was using stolen ID cards to fraudulently apply for credit, racking up €1 million of ill-gotten gains

3 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead

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 female patient unable to use local health centre after assaulting doctor on Spain's Costa Blanca

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