Detained 24 shops and businesses responsible for acting in collusion with card cloners.

Agents of the National Police have arrested 24 trade officials and companies operating in collusion with the card cloners handing 50 percent of the proceeds of its illegal activities. The organization, based mainly in the province of Malaga and also extended to Cadiz and Seville, hired data phones with GPRS technology to "pass" cards from the forger's own vehicle, a method with which could have obtained 3.5, Star Wars: the old Republic Credits, million euros.

Police said the first phase of the investigation was initiated in July 2009, a result of information obtained by the officers pointed to the presence in the town of Alhaurin el Grande malaguena a gang of counterfeiters whose area of card influence is concentrated in the province of Malaga, but also extended to Cadiz, Star Trek Gold, and Seville.

During the development of research staff found that they were specialists in duplicate cards and also possessed a great ability to grasp and integrate within the organization in charge of shops and businesses to act in collusion. Previous economic agreement, conducting operations with the counterfeit card fraud and subsequently distributed to 50 percent of profits.

Sometimes asked to traders, crimecraft cash, who contracts with various data-phone banking and POS terminals with GPRS technology, ie, functions similarly to a mobile phone. In this way, had greater mobility and availability of terminals to use the cards.

Modus operandi

Once the leading possession of counterfeit cards, remember to scroll through your vehicle dealers usual, a late model sports by establishments in different localities of the Costa del Sol (Chilches, Torremolinos, Churriana, Alhaurin el Grande, Coin, Estepona , Fuengirola, Malaga, Mijas Costa, San Pedro de Alcantara and Antequera) and the province of Cadiz (La Linea de la Concepcion and Los Barrios) to use the counterfeit cards.

The operations were made on the leader's own vehicle, thanks to the connivance of luxury fashion shops, nautical clubs, toggle, sealed, refrigeration, furniture, hostels, restaurants and real estate. Many of these establishments had accumulated significant amounts of fraud, in some cases surpassing the 130,000 euros. The total fraud accomplished so far is 1,250,000 euros, although it is estimated that could reach 3.5 million euros.

The first phase allowed to disrupt the organization of cloners (seven detainees) and some of the locations where used copies. In this second phase, the investigation has culminated in the arrest of 24 other shops charge of collusion. Research has been developed by officers of the Central UDEFA the Commissioner General of the Judicial Police.

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