They have seized all the equipment necessary to carry out the scam of "negative", such as chemicals, paper cutouts shaped bill and other effects
Were stopped when they tried to make a purchase from a local
The Guardia Civil in the Region of Murcia, has developed over the past few days an investigation that has resulted in the arrest of two people in Jumilla, on suspicion of a crime of fraud.
This operation has managed to avoid the commission of a scam in the purchase of a commercial, scam called "negative" and seized all the equipment necessary to carry out this type of scam.
Thanks to the cooperation of citizens, the Civil Guard was aware, the last 17, two people were trying to buy a property in Jumilla, with a payment that the owner raised suspicion
Civil Guard quickly established a research device, in order to contrast the information obtained and if necessary to prevent the commission of the offense.
Fruit of the device established agents were able to see how two people wanted to acquire a property and pay the same scam by the owner.
Timo's "negative"
In this scam, the alleged authors propose their victims "multiply" legal tender notes shivering blank papers.
It uses a chemical process involving the introduction of legal tender a ticket between two blank papers of the same measures as the ticket.
This is followed by impregnating the whole ticket papers and chemicals, are wrapped in aluminum foil and pressed, to subsequently place in a vessel containing water and soap or any cleaning product for washing the joint.
To successfully complete the process needed cotton or other similar substance for drying papers, which do not carry the scammers.
For these reasons and in order to complete the process, the victim leaves the scene to look, time is taken to make the change of the role set ticket for tinted and currency notes.
When the victim of scam returns with drying material, check that the result of the operation are legal tender notes.
If the first show the victim has "crushed", is a second time with scammers and delivery lot of money to make the chemical process.
This time the victim detected illegal activity.
After obtaining all necessary evidence, the Civil Guard officers were able to surprise the alleged fraudsters in the act, while conducting illegal activity with the victim, making the arrest of two people and seizing all useful in developing the scheme.
Detainee
In this operation, two people have been arrested on suspicion of a crime of fraud.
- Cameroon, 42 years old and lives in Madrid.
- Niger, 27 and living in Madrid.
One detainee has a history of committing similar crimes.
Seized:
Tools used to trick victims as several bottles of various chemicals, aluminum foil, paper envelopes with cuts of similar size to the legal tender notes, latex gloves, cotton and ultraviolet flashlight.
The detainees, and seized property proceedings initiated have been made available to the Court of Instruction No. 2 of Jumilla (Murcia).
This project has been developed by members of the Civil Guard Position Jumilla.
Source: Ministerio del Interior