The Civil Guard, as part of operation “Vexatus”, arrested a person in the province of Huesca as alleged perpetrator of 19 crimes of harassment, eight crimes of discovery and disclosure of secrets, three crimes of threats and coercion and a hate crime.
The investigation began at the beginning of the year when Several people reported receiving denigrating and threatening messages from hidden profiles.
By continuing the investigations, the agents were able to verify that The alleged perpetrator hid his identity by creating fake profiles in different social networks and free messaging applications.
Subsequently, he used private photographs of the victims themselves and harassed them with messages, threatening and coercing them, make phone calls and mass mailings of a sexual naturewith the aim of modifying the normal development of the victims’ lives.
The inmate chose his victims based on their place of residence and their membership in the same social circle. Furthermore, it was found that some of the victims were harassed for over a year.
Image of the Civil Guard during the investigation.
Civil Guard
To harass victims He used up to 14 fake profiles on different social networksfive fake accounts in instant messaging applications and four different phone numbers with data stolen from third parties, making calls through hidden numbers with at least two different devices and using a virtual private network, encrypting their data and by hiding the traces that I would give him away.
Once the agents have carried out the analysis of more than 6,000 phone calls and numerous messages, the author was arrested and a search was carried out in a house in the town of Fraga, where several devices intervened.
The operation was carried out by the Huesca team and led by the Fraga Instruction Court No. 2.
