The National Police has arrested a man in Barcelona as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of fraud who posed as financial entities to fraudulently access the online banking of his victims and make bizums for his own benefit.
The investigation began following a complaint from a resident of Vitoria in March 2022. The woman received a message on her mobile phone, apparently from her bank, in which she was informed that an operation for an amount of 500 euros had been made. been held for security reasons. The text included a link that, following her instructions, the affected person accessed to verify her identity. Shortly afterward she discovered that everything had been a hoax.
Investigators from the Álava Judicial Police Brigade determined that the suspect, once he obtained the passwords from his victims, made transfers to himself through the Bizum system.
According to the police, the man also stole nearly a thousand euros from citizens of Valencia and Malaga, whom he also defrauded.
As soon as the agents confirmed that the suspect lived in Barcelona, ??the information was transferred to the Higher Police Headquarters of Catalonia. Finally, he was arrested and brought to justice.
