Overview
- Arrests were made across 10 provinces — Madrid, Toledo, Cantabria, Ourense, Córdoba, Alicante, León, Palencia, Zamora and the Balearic Islands — with one person under investigation in Ávila.
- Police say the network stole licensed doctors’ credentials to forge prescriptions sold via messaging platforms, and it distributed software that let buyers generate their own forms.
- Seized items included more than 1,000 pills, 14 mobile phones, over €44,000 in cash, data storage devices, bank cards, bladed weapons and replica firearms.
- Investigators describe a pyramidal structure led by two men, with roles for software creators, credential hackers, IT maintainers and ground-level distributors.
- The detainees face counts for organized crime, public-health offenses, computer damage, document falsification and identity theft, after raids carried out in November following a probe launched in June 2025; further arrests are not ruled out.