To try to appear confident and deceive, he contacted his victims, even making video calls, as well as using other people's documentation. 58 victims of this crime have been detected having purchased fake tickets for various events, although it is presumed that the number is significantly higher.
This is the woman detained by the National Police in Valencia accused of the massive sale of fake tickets to various musical events, as reported by Headquarters in a statement. The detainee sold the tickets through different buying and selling platforms, using multiple telephone numbers, accounting for up to 14 different lines.
The money ended up in one of the seven bank accounts that the detainee had in different entities. The victims received falsified tickets and, on other occasions, they did not receive any documents at all.
The investigation began following an email received at fraudinternet@policia.es. Specifically, a notice was received from a person who had purchased tickets for a concert, which he had paid by refund at an ATM and, once paid, the seller blocked him and he never received them.
Following this information and with the progress of the investigation, new advertisements for fraudulent ticket sales, new victims, new means of payment and 'modus operandi' were found.
Many of the payments were made through a code to a bank, where the person receiving the payment goes to a specific ATM, enters the code and withdraws the cash, which makes identification difficult by not having to enter filiation data.
To make things even more difficult, after viewing the ATMs' video surveillance cameras, it was observed how the detainee used glasses, caps and hoods to avoid identification. Before formalizing the sale, she sent her victims copies of documentation from people who had reported her theft. The events investigated were carried out since January 2023.
The alleged perpetrator had several bank accounts opened in her name, specifically seven, and had received more than 130 payments for the fraudulent entries through a money transfer application directed to these accounts.
Sometimes, the detainee did not send any documents to the injured parties and, on other occasions, she sent them falsified tickets. Believing the authenticity of the tickets, buyers appeared at the events and, when trying to access, were informed that their tickets were not valid, which caused moral damage added to the economic one, as they had to travel to the venue. event, many times hundreds of kilometers away from their homes.
After the police investigations, the person under investigation was located and arrested, and she is charged with the crimes of aggravated fraud, document falsification and usurpation of marital status.
