The Civil Guard has detained eleven people linked to a criminal organization dedicated to the fraudulent sale of real estate by impersonating the owners' identities. The operation, which was carried out in several provinces and in two phases, was led by agents from Los Barrios, Cádiz, and began after a citizen from Albacete filed a complaint alleging that he had paid 400,000 euros for a plot in Marbella that was never his. The scammers captured the victim's attention by offering the property at a price significantly below market value, using false documentation to carry out the transaction.
During the first phase of the operation, four individuals were arrested and searches were carried out in Marbella, Jimena de la Frontera, and Toledo, where more than 130,000 euros and documents used for impersonation were found. In the second phase, a woman who posed as the owner at a notary's office was identified, as well as three other individuals implicated in passport forgery. Moreover, a Tax Agency official was arrested for disclosing personal data to the organization. The investigation revealed that the detainees had a structured modus operandi that included locating absent foreign owners and impersonating identities, and they were accused of crimes of document forgery, fraud, and bribery, among others.
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