Sharp-dressed fraudster arrested after swindling €350,000 from Andalusian seniors

Guardia Civil arrested a 41-year-old man in Granada after uncovering a fraud network that targeted over 40 elderly and disabled residents across six provinces of Andalucía, costing roughly €350,000. The perpetrator presented himself as a sales representative, wearing formal attire that allowed him to enter homes and request banking details, pension certificates and signatures. Using the collected paperwork, he opened credit agreements, purchased mobile phones and financed vehicles under the victims’ identities, sometimes forging signatures.

He occasionally returned to claim a non-existent financing error, extracting further cash from victims. The case was pieced together when officers stopped his vehicle in Armilla and discovered contracts and invoices bearing other people’s data, including a deceased person’s rental agreement, prompting Operación Larberik. He has been charged with continued fraud, identity usurpation and document falsification; a second suspect accused of handling stolen assets also faces charges. Authorities seized luxury phones, motorcycles, a car, cash and a portable card machine, and urge anyone approached by unsolicited salespeople to report suspicious contracts.