A group of 18 extortionists who defrauded Internet sex customers of 123,000 euros fall

National Police agents arrested 18 cybercriminals belonging to a criminal group in the province of Valencia. extortionists of various nationalities who he swindled 123,000 euros throughout Spain to users of sexual services on the Internet.

The arrested people, aged 24 to 40 and of Brazilian, Colombian, Cuban, Spanish and Venezuelan origin, had created a criminal network dedicated to demanding money from consumers of prostitution announced in spaces published on different web pages, as reported by the headquarters in a press release.

The Cybercrime group of the Superior Police Prefecture of the Valencian Community has completed a police operation after more than Ayear of investigationwhich allowed the dismantling of a criminal group made up of people posing as a so-called Albanian mafia dedicated to human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

Respondents contacted users of websites from erotic advertisements to demand a sum of money from them after having contacted “their daughters” by telephone, with whom they had wasted their time after having discussed with them and finally without having made an appointment, all this under the threat of problems, the victims accepting to pay the money in order to prevent their loved ones from knowing that they have contacted prostitutes.

This criminal group, located in the province of Valencia, managed to obtain an economic profit of more than 123,000 euros from numerous extortion crimes spread throughout the national territory. 54 complaints were clarified throughout the country.

Among those detained are those called “muleteers“, people who, in exchange for financial consideration, provided their bank accounts to receive the various amounts deposited following the extortion, in addition these people also contracted the telephone lines from which the calls were made or sending messages in which they demanded payments.

As part of the operation, they investigated 44 bank accounts and it was proven how the inmates used up to 37 different phones to contact victims. Those arrested are charged with alleged crimes of belonging to a criminal group, fraud and extortion.