Overview
- The case opened in September after a lawyer reported his name and signature were used without consent to front a bogus legal practice.
- Using a false profile on a digital platform, the suspect approached two families of minors facing school harassment, promising to stop it and erase online posts through a fabricated legal office.
- He demanded an urgent upfront payment of €395, then sought larger sums via instant payments and transfers, exceeding €5,000 in eight days.
- The complainant recognized him from a television report, allowing investigators to locate him hiding in León province and arrest him in Ponferrada on October 9.
- Authorities say he was presented to judicial authorities on suspicion of fraud and judicial claim offenses after his detention.