The National Police of Aragon arrested a 44-year-old man as the alleged perpetrator of violent theft offenses and continuing theft offenses. The perpetrator was an employee of the plaintiff company and had been stealing equipment for years using the trust the entity placed in him.
The Judicial Police Group of the Arrabal Police Station opened the investigation on September 11 after the filing of a complaint by the head of an industrial supplies company. In the complaint, he alleged theft of a tool valued at around 1,200 euros. The company is dedicated to carrying out various maintenance contracts for a multinational company in Zaragoza.
Once the investigation was opened and thanks to the complainant’s testimony, the investigations led investigators to a second-hand dealership in the city. Over there the declared material would have been deposited for sale like stolen.
Officers discovered that the person who had sold this tool was also dropping off different tools with the same characteristics at other flea markets. for years.
Thus, investigators determined that the material would have been stolen by the same personnel and that it would come from the complainant company and the multinational with which they work. The total value of the tools exceeds 15,000 eurosmanaging to recover a large part of it.
Eventually, the man was located and arrested as responsible for the events. It was an employee of the company who reported the thefts. This He used the confidence of being employed for years and little by little he stole the equipment, even forcibly opening different places where the tools were stored.
The detainee was placed at the disposal of the duty investigating court which ordered his release with charges pending the holding of the corresponding trial.
