Post by himukhatun09123 on Feb 18, 2024 4:40:57 GMT 1
Within the 'Eskime' operation, the team of the Civil Guard of Ciudad Real has arrested seven people and is investigating another six who are attributed with crimes related to the manipulation of the odometers of imported vehicles, which later They were sold throughout the national territory.
The investigation began last October, when an individual filed a complaint in the province of Huesca, for being harmed in an alleged crime of Phone Number Database fraud in the purchase of an imported vehicle, supposedly sold by an individual resident in the province of Huesca. Ciudad Real from an internet portal. After passing the inspection at the official house, this vehicle was found to have tampered with the vehicle's odometer or odometer, lowering them by kilometers.
The Team of the Civil Guard of Ciudad Real, which in light of these events begins Operation Eskime, carries out the first steps by verifying that the alleged perpetrator is related to the sale of 7 other vehicles through various internet pages, in which verify that all of them are equally manipulated.
From that moment on, an arduous and complex investigative work began to obtain all the data and information about the related people, vehicles and modus operandi, which after careful analysis provided a battery of clues and evidence about Scams and Forgery of Private Documents. as well as Identity Theft of vehicle buyers at ITV service stations.
The people investigated were aware of the economic depreciation that the large number of kilometers it may have, despite not being very old at the time of its sale, represents for a customer who is going to purchase a vehicle, as well as the maintenance it has had. in relation to its interior and exterior appearance. In this group they had one person exclusively to carry out the tasks of acquiring imported vehicles, others to carry out the falsification of documents and pretend that they came from intra-community companies and others to manipulate the odometers. .
The number of kilometers reduced for each vehicle ranged between and , with the most significant case being a vehicle that had more than kilometers reduced.In this way, the competent Court authorized the entry and search of two homes and a dealership in the provinces of Ciudad Real and Albacete, where four manipulated vehicles prepared for sale were seized, as well as numerous documentation, license plates and a device for manipulating Odometers.
A total of 7 people have been arrested and another 6 are being investigated and are accused of 70 crimes of fraud, 30 crimes of document falsification, 25 crimes of usurpation of marital status, one crime of using computer programs intended to commit scams, a crime of money laundering, a crime of fraud against public finances and a crime of belonging to a criminal group, bringing the total to 129 crimes clarified to date, pending the result of the efforts regarding the intervened documentation.
A total of 8 vehicles were seized, 1 computer device for reprogramming the switchboard, 5 computers, 4 mobile phones, 6 storage devices, 60 license plates, 150 vehicle documentation and the blocking of 2 bank accounts.
The investigation began last October, when an individual filed a complaint in the province of Huesca, for being harmed in an alleged crime of Phone Number Database fraud in the purchase of an imported vehicle, supposedly sold by an individual resident in the province of Huesca. Ciudad Real from an internet portal. After passing the inspection at the official house, this vehicle was found to have tampered with the vehicle's odometer or odometer, lowering them by kilometers.
The Team of the Civil Guard of Ciudad Real, which in light of these events begins Operation Eskime, carries out the first steps by verifying that the alleged perpetrator is related to the sale of 7 other vehicles through various internet pages, in which verify that all of them are equally manipulated.
From that moment on, an arduous and complex investigative work began to obtain all the data and information about the related people, vehicles and modus operandi, which after careful analysis provided a battery of clues and evidence about Scams and Forgery of Private Documents. as well as Identity Theft of vehicle buyers at ITV service stations.
The people investigated were aware of the economic depreciation that the large number of kilometers it may have, despite not being very old at the time of its sale, represents for a customer who is going to purchase a vehicle, as well as the maintenance it has had. in relation to its interior and exterior appearance. In this group they had one person exclusively to carry out the tasks of acquiring imported vehicles, others to carry out the falsification of documents and pretend that they came from intra-community companies and others to manipulate the odometers. .
The number of kilometers reduced for each vehicle ranged between and , with the most significant case being a vehicle that had more than kilometers reduced.In this way, the competent Court authorized the entry and search of two homes and a dealership in the provinces of Ciudad Real and Albacete, where four manipulated vehicles prepared for sale were seized, as well as numerous documentation, license plates and a device for manipulating Odometers.
A total of 7 people have been arrested and another 6 are being investigated and are accused of 70 crimes of fraud, 30 crimes of document falsification, 25 crimes of usurpation of marital status, one crime of using computer programs intended to commit scams, a crime of money laundering, a crime of fraud against public finances and a crime of belonging to a criminal group, bringing the total to 129 crimes clarified to date, pending the result of the efforts regarding the intervened documentation.
A total of 8 vehicles were seized, 1 computer device for reprogramming the switchboard, 5 computers, 4 mobile phones, 6 storage devices, 60 license plates, 150 vehicle documentation and the blocking of 2 bank accounts.