Overview

• Authorities from Mossos d’Esquadra and the Policía Local de Palafrugell arrested the suspect on July 30 and charged him with 23 offences against foreign citizens’ rights and 23 counts of document falsification before releasing him pending trial.
• Police attribute at least thirty fraudulent family reunifications since 2020 to a network that used forged rental contracts on vacant houses, inherited estates and the home of a nursing-home resident.
• Investigators say the suspect leveraged a defunct insurance brokerage and its client list dating back to 2009 to produce fictitious lease agreements.
• Vulnerable property owners received €300 to €500 monthly for false registrations while migrant families paid approximately €6,000 per case to secure family reunification.
• Fifteen people have been arrested and fifteen more are under investigation, including a 68-year-old gestoría owner, and further detentions may follow as authorities review employment contracts and benefit applications.