Overview
- Basque judges affirmed a Bizkaia ruling that gives the main perpetrator four years in prison and his accomplice nine months, with an order to repay more than €33,000 to a Bilbao family.
- In that case, the neighbors used house keys and personal data to activate online banking by impersonation, then moved money with transfers and cash withdrawals, and even tried a loan that the court later voided.
- A separate Pontevedra judgment sentenced a man to 18 months in prison for posting fake rentals in Vigo and Sanxenxo, adding a €1,260 fine and €2,400 in compensation to four victims.
- The rental scammer lured tenants through Mil Anuncios and Fotocasa listings and took deposits by transfer and Bizum, leaving one mother and her child sleeping in a parked car after losing housing.
- The Bilbao convictions are now final after the high court’s ratification, while the Galicia sentence can still be appealed to the regional high court, reflecting how courts pair prison terms with payback orders.