Overview
- Seven suspects were arrested in Torrejón de Ardoz in a hierarchical cell that combined smishing, phishing and vishing to seize victims’ banking access.
- Four people were detained in early November over a business email compromise that diverted a company payment worth nearly €120,000.
- Police broke up a phone‑bank impersonation crew tied to 34 scams, arresting three men and a woman and seizing the primary handset, IT gear and 2.5 kilograms of hashish.
- An eleven‑member mule network accused of extracting more than €70,000 was dismantled, with officers recovering devices, blank cards, cash, narcotics and a firearm.
- Investigators identified an account‑opening structure used for man‑in‑the‑middle frauds, clarifying 38 incidents with losses near €300,000 plus a €155,000 hit to a German firm, and in December detained a suspected laundering logistician.