Overview
- Investigators say a company in A Louriña lost €137,000 after a fake bank text appeared inside its real message thread and a follow‑up call convinced staff to install a remote‑control program.
- Police report the callers posed as bank staff using internet phone services from abroad, then moved the money through several recipient accounts to slow any clawback.
- The Guardia Civil secured court orders to freeze target accounts and recovered about €69,000 before more transfers could clear.
- Officers detained a Barcelona resident as the suspected organizer and opened inquiries into four account holders as alleged money mules, with the case now before the court in O Porriño.
- In a separate warning case, a 71‑year‑old in Ponteareas lost €18,340 after a video call from impostors in Guardia Civil uniforms, prompting advice to avoid installing software on instruction and to contact banks only through official channels.