Agents of the National Police, in collaboration with the US FBI, have arrested a “dangerous fugitive” at the Barcelona-El Prat Barcelona Airport for whom there is an international arrest warrant. The man, a Polish national, was arriving from a flight from Dubai and was using a diplomatic passport from Guinea Bissau at the time. He has been arrested for having defrauded more than a million dollars from clients of a large surface
The Police reported this on Thursday in a press release in which they ensured that the detained fraudster deceived his victims by posing as an employee of a renowned large store. The police note does not specify the name or country of origin of the company, although the arrest bears the name of “Operation Harrods” (a famous department store in London).
The modus operandi of the investigated consisted of posing as an employee of these renowned commercial warehouses to obtain asset transfers from various victims. In this way, he defrauded more than one million US dollars.
The agents proved that at least $700,000 was transferred by a single American victim to a UK account opened in the name of a third person, but controlled by the person investigated.
Spanish investigators searched his home, located in Ibiza, where members of the FBI were also present. The police intervened numerous electronic devices, various documentation of the corporate structure with which the scam was supported and a large amount of jewelry.
The person being investigated had an International Arrest Warrant for the alleged commission of the crimes of fraud, identity theft and money laundering, as well as a history of arms trafficking.
The funds received in the arrestee’s bank account, deposited mainly by his victims, were later diverted to accounts located in Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Latvia, Monaco, Poland, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and Vietnam.
