A person has been arrested for his involvement in a crime of fraud
They have seized all the equipment necessary to carry out the scam of "negative" as chemicals and black colored cardboard shaped ticket
The Guardia Civil Murcia has developed over the past few days an investigation that has resulted in the arrest of a person in Jumilla, on suspicion of a crime of fraud.
The alleged perpetrator of the facts was seized at the time of arrest all the equipment necessary to carry out this type of illegal activity.
The Civil Guard became aware of how a person was to acquire a garage in Jumilla and make payment thereof by the landlord scam, a strange form of payment, specifically using paper cuts, after being treated with a liquid the view of the victim, was "converted" in legal tender notes.
After two meetings with the alleged perpetrator, the victim made two payments, with the last being intended for the purchase of a bottle of liquid to clean the tickets delivered on the first date.
Research initiated by the Civil Guard in order to contrast the information obtained and, where appropriate, the arrest of the alleged perpetrator of the crime, could locate and arrest the alleged perpetrator of the scam, effectively being operated in the time of his arrest a bottle with liquid ready for a new victim and a black cardboard.
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 a bill legal tender between two blank papers of the same measures as the ticket.
This is followed by impregnating the whole ticket papers and chemicals, and are wrapped in aluminum foil and pressed 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 find such materials, time is taken to make the change of the role set ticket for tinted and currency notes.
When the victim of the 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.
Arrested:
In this operation a person has been arrested on suspicion of a crime of fraud, identified as:
- Cameroon, 33 and living in Jumilla.
Seized:
Tools used to trick victims, like a bottle containing liquid chemicals and black colored cardboard of similar size to the legal tender notes
The suspect, seized property proceedings initiated and have been made available to the Court of Instruction No. 2 of Jumilla (Murcia).
Source: Ministerio del Interior