A man said he had been the victim of some extortionists that they threatened of death for allegedly “molesting” a girl he met online. He came to pay them 80,000 euros Under death threats and following his case, the Civil Guard dismantled in Valencia a criminal organization made up of twelve people specialized in money laundering obtained through these coercions.
Researchers fighting cybercrime in this province discovered these criminals in the metropolitan area of Valencia, as the armed institute explains in a note.
The complainant concerned told them how he had received death threats against him and his family through calls and WhatsApp communications from different phones, from people allegedly linked to this. young with whom he had contacted via an Internet site. They asked him for different amounts of money because they claimed he disturbed.
The extorted person carried out, during the months of December 2023 and January 2024, a multitude of transfers bank, monetary income in species and payments of bizum for a total amount of around 80,000 euros.
When analyzing the movements of the recipient accounts, it was observed that the sums deposited, resulting from the extortion, were then withdrawn via ATM withdrawals or used for payments from the associated accounts or cards; and that the majority of the beneficial owners were located in the same geographical area, the metropolitan area of the capital of Turia.
With all the information collected by a Technological Investigation Team (Edite) of the Civil Guard, the investigators verified that the investigation was linked to the same criminal group of bleach.
The overall results of the operation resulted in the arrest of twelve people, the investigation of nine others and the intervention of 14 bank accounts and two mobile terminals.
