The National Police has arrested a 35-year-old man of Spanish nationality as the alleged perpetrator of various crimes of fraud, specifically in the rental of flats ghost in La Laguna, Tenerife.
The detainee operated in two ways: by posting ads on rental supply and demand pages or by contacting people who posted flat-seeking ads.
In any case, it advertised properties in well-located areas of La Laguna, with attractive photographs and low prices, says the National Police.
When the interested persons contacted the alleged real estate agent or landlord of the apartment, he requested an amount of money as a reservation or deposit by bank transfer or payment through the mobile phone, disappearing once the income was received and blocking all avenues of Contact.
To make it difficult to locate him, the author stayed in hotel establishments where he stayed for only one or two days.
Several similar events related
The National Police was aware of several similar events in a short period of time, initiating the pertinent investigations, through which the same author could be related to up to three similar cases, adding a total of more than 3,000 euros swindled.
Thus, officials from the group of crimes against property of the Local Police Station of La Laguna managed to anticipate and locate the suspect in a hotel in Puerto de la Cruz, who had a criminal record and a search warrant for similar acts, proceeding to his arrest. arrest and brought to justice.
