Overview
- Officers detained two men in Madrid after an October 16 patrol found them operating multiple phones inside a parked car in Puente de Vallecas.
- Investigators say a software bot placed mass calls to the official Extranjería and Asilo booking line, saturating the service and hindering legitimate users.
- The suspects allegedly resold captured appointments for €50 each, with payments made by bank transfer.
- Police seized four mobile phones and a notebook listing names and other sensitive personal data of foreign nationals.
- Both suspects were placed at judicial disposal on suspected fraud and computer damage offenses, in a practice that ABC previously reported has led to more than 120 arrests in earlier crackdowns.