The National Police have arrested in Ibiza a man of several years of age scams committed in Palma amounting to more than 73,000 euros. As reported by the Headquarters in a press release, he used different tactics to deceive victims with high purchasing power, to get money by deception and so far three victims have been counted.
The Economic Crime and Technological Crimes Group of the National Police in Palma carried out an investigation as a result of three complaints of swindling from three different and unrelated persons, but it was finally the Judicial Police Brigade of the National Police in Ibiza who arrested the man.
The scammer, who posed as a millionaire, used various tactics to deceive high net worth women. In some cases, he also passed himself off as a high net worth individual, while in others he claimed to have sponsors backing him financially.
The aim was to gain the trust of his victims whom he used to approach at exclusive parties and luxury establishments.
Heir apparent
The investigation was initiated following a complaint filed in early 2024 by a woman who stated that she met a man at a party who had told her that after leaving professional sport he had inherited a large fortune. Apparently, the supposed heir assured him that he wanted to invest in the islands.
Little by little, the swindler gained the woman’s trust and and managed to get her to lend him a large sum of money with the excuse that he had problems with his bank abroad and with the promise that he would pay her back later. He also asked for her credit card in order to make a payment, but in the end there were several payments without the victim’s consent.
Two other victims
A second victim, in this case a man, was duped after meeting the scammer playing paddle tennis. The now arrested man offered him a high-end bicycle at a price well below its market value and thus gained the trust of the deceived man, who made the payment but never received the bicycle.
The third victim is a woman with whom he used the same modus operandi, managing to trick her into believing he was a sponsor of a well-known luxury watch brand. The man made her a good offer to buy high-end watches, which led the woman to hand over a significant sum of money without receiving any of the items in return.
After a complex investigation by the economic Crime and Technological Crimes group in Palma was able to identify the alleged perpetrator, who was unaccounted for.
He was finally located last Wednesday staying at a hotel in Ibiza, where the Judicial Police group of the police station of the island finally arrested him as the alleged perpetrator of several crimes of fraud. The arrested person has already been handed over to the Duty Court.
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