Current news about counterfeit money and the fight against counterfeiting
A group that counterfeited banknotes in Madrid has been dismantled.
MADRID, 16 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -
The Civil Guard agents stationed in the Judicial Police Team of Collado Villalba and in the Investigation area of the Galapagar Post have dismantled a group, made up of eight people, specialized in the Counterfeiting and distribution of fake currency in localities of the northwest of the Community of Madrid.
According to the Civil Guard, Operation 'Castilla', which originated in January 2010, was aimed at the arrest of the people who were distributing counterfeit money in small shops and shopping centers from Galapagar and other nearby towns.
In all cases, the criminals bought an item of little value, paying with bills of a face value much higher than the expense they wanted to make, in order to also obtain an economic benefit from their scam.
The information provided by the victims who reported to the Civil Guard was sufficient to identify one of the criminals, from which the investigations of the operation began.
During the course of the 12-month operation, the Civil Guard agents identified the rest of the individuals involved in the crimes, in addition to locating the apartments from which the counterfeit bills were being produced.
The investigations concluded when the plot that the now detained had woven was unraveled: while two of them only they were dedicated to the production of counterfeit money, The other six were responsible for distributing them and making purchases after acquiring them from the counterfeiters.
With the relevant judicial authorization, the Civil Guard agents searched the six houses, located in Galapagar, Colmenarejo, Becerril de la Sierra and Torrejón de Ardoz, where they found numerous pieces of evidence that definitively linked the suspects to the committed crimes.
Thanks to the operation, the Civil Guard has been able to seize a pistol with the serial number erased and numerous cartridges of different calibers; 35,000 fake euros in bills of 200, 50, 20, 10 and 5 euros; and the necessary computer equipment for the execution of the counterfeits.
They were also able to seize several fraudulent identification documents, so it is suspected that in addition to money, they could have forged this type of documentation.
The eight detainees, three of them Spanish, four Moroccans, and one Guinean, aged between 22 and 48, have been admitted to the Madrid V Penitentiary Center, in Soto del Real, by order of the Judicial Authority.
In Ayamonte (Huelva)
Seized 3,700 euros in counterfeit bills
Seized 3,700 euros in counterfeit bills
HUELVA, Feb 5. (EUROPA PRESS) -
Agents from the Ayamonte station (Huelva) and from the Judicial Police Team based in that town, belonging to the Huelva Civil Guard Command, have proceeded to the arrest of L.M.R.B., 24 years old and resident of Huelva, as the alleged perpetrator of a counterfeiting crime, with 3,700 euros in counterfeit bills confiscated from him.
In a statement, the Civil Guard indicated that this incident occurred on Tuesday morning, when a Civic Security patrol from the Ayamonte Civil Guard Station detected a suspicious vehicle on Avenida Alcalde Narciso Martín. In this way, when they went to identify the driver of said vehicle, a black Renault Mégane model, L.M.R.B. He fled the scene, leaving the car abandoned.
In response to the driver's behavior, the agents proceeded to inspect the vehicle, finding inside a significant amount of hundred euro notes, which turned out to be fake and added up to a total of 3,700 euros.
Likewise, the Armed Institute alerted the Ayamonte Judicial Police team, who continued the investigation in order to identify the fugitive man, who turned out to be the regular driver of the car, although he had previously reported the vehicle stolen at the Palos de la Frontera (Huelva) Civil Guard station. After the identification, the Civil Guard proceeded to locate and arrest him.
Similarly, the agents have prepared the corresponding proceedings that, together with the detainee, have been made available to the Duty Instruction Court of Ayamonte.
