Overview
- Investigators credit the group with seven completed scams exceeding €1.2 million and document 13 fraudulent notarial acts across Spain.
- Arrests were made in Catalonia and Seville, with the alleged leaders based in Seville and a lawyer among those detained for acting as an attorney-in-fact.
- The operation involved more than 80 officers from the Mossos d'Esquadra with Guardia Civil support, with searches in Estepa, Rubí, Manresa and other towns.
- Police seized falsified IDs and passports, electronic devices, a modified blank‑firing pistol and small amounts of drugs during the raids.
- Suspects face charges including fraud, money laundering, public document forgery, identity usurpation and membership in a criminal organization.