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They condemn the father of a bullfighter for fake banknotes in his apartment in Valencia
CABANES IGNACIO VALENCIA
The National Court has sentenced to six years in prison the father of a torero Valencia arrested in February 2009 accused of forging notes of 5th euros for years in the family home, located in Valencia. Also, the judge also sentenced to three years in prison to his daughter, wife of right-hander, who was first involved and has now been acquitted, for the same offense, issuing counterfeit currency, and a continued lack of scam.
As part of this operation police arrested six members of this family, including the killer. However two of them were released to be tested who did not participate in the illegal activities of the family, while the matador and his mother finally came to trial be acquitted for lack of material evidence.
Abel, 62, and daughter Lily, 34, were engaged to go all the Spanish geography distributing counterfeit notes had been printed previously in the first floor of Valencia. The woman and her father were shopping small euro banknotes of 5 ° and obtained the money as a benefit of change.
This rudimentary practice difficult the task of the police, and it was very difficult to keep track of all tickets, because in their environment using only legal tender money. In fact, it is suspected that this family came to fake tickets for more than a decade until they were stopped.
Detained in Sweden in 2009
His arrest came in February 2009 when Azucena paid in a Swedish lingerie shop with one of these counterfeits. His father was waiting in the vehicle, where hiding under the steering wheel, 54 counterfeit $ 50.
Later, in the house search agents Bureau of Investigation of the Bank of Spain found a total of 1267 tickets, "reproduced by ink jet technology," as proved by the sentence which had access Levante-EMV.
Police also found in the home, located on Calle Pedro Aleixandre de Valencia, an inkjet printer, photo editing software, cellophane-simulating with security holograms of a common-use ticket, and other materials for making these perfect counterfeits.
The sentence is shown that Abel "made the whole process of manufacture of counterfeit notes seized" and that their movement was responsible, "in collusion with it, Azucena, with profit to the detriment of the establishments make purchases with the same notes. "
The Fourth Section of the Criminal Division of the National Court has sentenced Abel to a term of six years in prison and a fine of 33 775 euros, and Azucena to a term of three years in prison and a fine of 300 euros, to contemplate confession as a mitigating circumstance.
Will pay 18.55? one of the scammed
Defendants shall indemnify, in tort, some of those harmed by their scam. The amounts are so laughable that have been scammed spent more on coffee during the process as they will receive now. A setting must pay 50 euros Segovia, Avila trade to another 50 more, and another local of the same town just 18.55 euros, money that was returned after paying the fake bill. IC valencia
Murcia. Two persons arrested with counterfeit notes payable
Local police stopped Fuente Alamo last weekend two people to pay in bars with fake banknotes. The incident took place at dawn on Sunday, August 29 When the owners of a pub in Fuente Alamo alerted local police on suspicion of two clients (one of them of Romanian origin) were paying their drinks' in strange way. "
As recounted the regent of the pub, both individuals pay each drink with a ticket 50 euros, rather than with the change that had previously received the drink consumed. This fact caught the attention of the owner so he decided to notify the local police, in an initial inspection found that the two individuals carrying several bundles of notes and 5 20.10 euros, the result of the change that had received payment their meals and drinks, as well as $ 1,000 on 50 tickets. After going to a bank, local police confirmed the falsity of the latter and proceeded to arrest the two men.
The crisis revives scammers
Beware of scams that come back. and not what we say. We warn the police and the Ministry of Interior, which have strengthened surveillance after detecting an increase in scams. The reason the crisis esconómica. "There has been an increase in this type of crime because of the economic crisis", explains the Group IX Scams Judicial Police Brigade in Madrid.
The princeipales victims of scams are most economically vulnerable citizens, ie, the elderly and unemployed. However, the number of complaints is difficult to estimate because the conned are often afraid to report, many for the shame of having been deceived, that As explained from the police, although they have won large sums of money.
The most common scams to those affecting the elderly in their own homes. The revisions false light, water and gas takes the cake. They also increased the care of elderly people who prey on vulnerable elderly people to rob them.
After this abuse to the helplessness of the biggest scams are related to new technologies, such as fake mails or calls offering work announcing a prize.
And finally there are the classics like the little print or 'tocomocho' which, incredibly, still exist and function.
The most common scams
Domestic Revisions: Come home to one reviewer put in place the water, electricity or gas. In the case of a man plumber arrives at home and announces he has to cut the water. While looking for work makes money and jewelry. As for the reviewers of gas or light, get false workers doing minor repairs and ask a lot of money for the work. Police warned not pay for any technician whose services we have not hired before.
New technologies: We get a letter to the mail saying they have a lot of money but need a cash loan to release the letter. Another routine is called to announce that we won a prize and must call a 806 expensive. Another common scam is to provide work for mail but where there is no phone so we can contact. We must always be wary of offers or opportunities that have come to the mail and not have a contact to inform us.
The classic: The little picture on the counterfeit notes are changed by real, or 'tocomocho', which is sold at half price ticket lote'ria a falsely awarded, are classics that are still used.
Data: Police warns that not always have to pay money to be scammed. Many times, the scam artists want to cajole our data for later use on purchases or transactions.
Prevention Campaign
To avoid this type of fraud continue to rise, the National Police this summer launched an information campaign to protect older people from criminals. It shows videos aimed at older people, the most common threats and how to avoid them.







