Two men and a woman, all aged 20 to 27 and of nationality Romanianwere arrested by members of the National Police After arduous research led by AlicanteThe detainees are charged with the alleged crimes of fraud, falsification of documents and membership in a criminal organization. According to the police, they observed the PIN code that people over 70 years old marked when paying in a supermarket chain. Then they followed the victim and stole the plastic to withdraw money from the ATMs.
The prisoners came to plunder their victims 24,845 eurosAccording to the police. According to the same sources, more than 6,000 euros were emptied from the account of just one of the people concerned.
Initial investigations have led investigators to believe that the perpetrators were part of a traveling group, possibly based in the province and carrying out their attacks in the city of Alicante. modus operandi of the group was always the same. They chose their victims from people aged between 70 and 90.. And, for many, women.
According to the police report, the people questioned entered the establishments in broad daylight. They did so separately. And they visited the great while they carefully chose their victims. Always, taking as the first premise of your choice the age of these same victims.
But, in addition, they looked at the purchases that these adults made, because if their amount seemed to exceed 50 euros, once at the checkout, this would force these people to mark the PIN code of your cards to execute the payment.
Then they followed them discreetly and positioned themselves, already at the checkout, around the victim to observe the numbers he dialed to pay for the purchase with his card. And, to avoid being spotted, one of the men acted as a screen, while the woman watched how The victim typed in each of the four digits on the card.
From that moment on, the suspects followed their victim to the entrance of his home. There, one of the detainees tried to distract the person who was going to be kidnapped, while another opened her purse and took out her card.
Between June and August, the gang carried out up to nine attacks. According to the police, they stole 24,845 euros. AND More than 6,000 euros were stolen from the account of one of his victimsFinally, the suspects were arrested in Cartagena (Murcia) and placed at the disposal of the investigating court stationed in the same city.
