Tenerife woman investigated for swindling 24,000 euros while trying to sell her brother’s car

Civil Guard officers from Playa de las Américas in Tenerife are investigating a 48-year-old woman from Arona accused of a offence of falsification of documents and a crime of fraud for trying to sell his brother’s car for 24,000 euros.

Officers began the investigation after receiving a complaint from a person who said he had purchased a vehicle for 23,000 euros plus an additional 1,000 euros so that the accused could buy another car.

So, when trying to complete the procedures at the agency, they inform that the car has a domain registration and that the change of ownership cannot be carried out, to which the person investigated does not provide solutions and prolongs the process without returning the money.

During the investigation, it is also verified that the vehicle is in the name of a third party, in particular the brother of the person investigated, who also presents denounces his sister since you have not given authorization for the sale of your vehicle.

For this reason, the accused is being investigated for the crime of falsifying documents by forging her brother’s signatures to proceed with the sale of the vehicle and for the crime of scam of 24,000 euros to the buyer of the car.

The proceedings initiated have been forwarded to the competent judicial authority.