Overview

• Operation Backmobile spanned 23 simultaneous raids across six provinces in Spain and resulted in 15 arrests.
• Authorities seized 9,000 mobile phones, €200,000 in cash, $35,500 in cryptocurrencies and 75 vehicles during the operation.
• Investigators estimate the network evaded more than €20 million in VAT since its inception in 2019.
• The scheme operated through over 20 shell companies using fabricated invoices and deceptive shipments to obscure the real traceability of devices.
• Profits were funneled through more than 280 bank accounts to acquire real estate, with investigators blocking 146 related properties.