A marriage on which an eviction order weighs for not paying the rent of the luxurious home in which he lived has been arrested in Tenerife because he apparently carried out a scam of more than 800,000 euros, the National Police reported on Wednesday.
The detainees, aged 42 and 39 and with police records, acted in the municipality of La Laguna as external agents of a renowned real estate company, from which they attracted clients to make fictitious sales purchases, in which the buyers disbursed up to 85,000 euros for the reservation of houses that they never received.
The police intervention began after several people denounced that they had signed contracts to buy houses and had given money, but had not received the property or recovered the monetary payments.
The National Police indicates in a statement that the owners of the houses were unaware of the fraudulent sales, and adds that when the affected people claimed the now detained, they issued checks and promissory notes without funds, which increased the damage for those affected.
The detainees’ office is in La Laguna, and the investigation culminated in the entry and search of a luxurious home valued at one and a half million euros located in Puerto de la Cruz, where the marriage was arrested, which was placed under arrest. disposition of the competent judicial authority.
In addition, in the home, where they lived without paying the rent, which is why they had an eviction order, contracts and abundant documentation were seized, as well as computer equipment, and material analyzed by experts from the National Police. adds in the statement.
