Overview
- The probe began in May 2024 after municipal staff flagged an implausible surge of registrations at the same Xàtiva addresses.
- The suspects charged €350 for six-month registrations, enrolling 249 irregular migrants between 2018 and May 2024 and amassing roughly €135,000.
- Investigators found that the profits funded dilapidated property acquisitions and a van, while registrations were placed under the suspects’ grandchildren’s names to avoid fiscal scrutiny.
- The operation preyed on vulnerable migrants, many of them the suspects’ compatriots, housing them in uninhabitable flats lacking basic utilities.
- Coordinated raids on June 5 in Xàtiva and La Granja de la Costera led to three arrests and charges including aiding illegal immigration, money laundering, document falsification and Social Security fraud.