Summary: This content discusses the arrest of 54 individuals involved in a vishing fraud scheme that targeted Spanish senior citizens, resulting in €2.5m ($2.7m) in losses. Additionally, Interpol’s “Operation First Light 2024” led to the arrest of thousands of suspects involved in various scams globally.
Threat Actor: Vishing fraud gang
Key Points:
- The Spanish National Police, Mossos d’Esquadra, and Portuguese Judicial Police have arrested 54 individuals suspected of participating in a vishing fraud scheme that targeted Spanish senior citizens.
- The gang used a combination of vishing and face-to-face social engineering tactics to defraud victims.
- During the arrests, authorities seized computers, laptops, mobile phones, SIM cards, cannabis, and cocaine.
- Interpol’s “Operation First Light 2024” resulted in the arrest of 3,950 suspects involved in various scams globally.
- The operation also identified 14,643 potential suspects and seized assets worth $257 million.
- Furthermore, 6,745 bank accounts linked to scams were frozen.
Original Source: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/call-blocked-hard-and-fast-action-against-54-spanish-phone-fraudsters
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