Daniel Somolinos Madrid
Madrid
Updated Friday, March 22, 2024-12:43
He was taking refuge in the province of Tarragona, but agents of the National Police have managed to arrest him after, allegedly,
swindling with the sale of VTC licenses.
Specifically, this man managed to defraud
three million euros
in the Community of Madrid and 150,000 euros in Barcelona.
According to police sources, the criminal posed as an intermediary. The interested parties paid the agreed amount, but they never received the licenses. After complaining,
his money was not returned either.
The detainee managed, by usurping the real identity of a license holder, to change it in the name of the new buyer - who was the victim - and who would have paid
amounts exceeding 50,000 euros for it.
Some of these victims had even bought the vehicle with which they would carry out this work to use it as a VTC: this meant a greater investment,
going so far as to ask for loans,
a disbursement that left them "in a precarious situation."
The investigation made it possible to determine that it was not the first time that this individual had committed similar acts, since at least
since 2021 he had been committing these illegal acts.
After being identified, the offender is charged with the crimes of continued fraud, document falsification and usurpation of marital status.