Over 200 Chinese nationals have been arrested by Spanish police in connection with a €16m ($16.7m) fraud investigation. The group had allegedly been running call centres from Spanish villas, posing as police officers to persuade Chinese families to make bank deposits. Spanish police crime commissioner Alicante said thousands of Chinese citizens had been robbed of their modest savings by gang members pretending to be friends or family warning them of scams. Gang members would then follow-up by pretending to be police officers and ask for money to fund scam investigations. Thirteen such call centres in Madrid, Barcelona and Eloy Quiros have been closed down.
Over 200 Chinese nationals have been arrested by Spanish police in connection with a €16m ($16.7m) fraud investigation. The group had allegedly been running call centres from Spanish villas, posing as police officers to persuade Chinese families to make bank deposits. Spanish police crime commissioner Eloy Quiros said thousands of Chinese citizens had been robbed of their modest savings by gang members pretending to be friends or family warning them of scams. Gang members would then follow-up by pretending to be police officers and ask for money to fund scam investigations. Thirteen such call centres in Madrid, Barcelona and Alicante have been closed down.