The National Police in Alicante have apprehended three individuals — two men aged thirty-six and thirty-nine, and a thirty-seven-year-old woman — accused of defrauding a telecommunications distributor out of nearly thirty thousand euros. The suspects reportedly falsified documentation to activate lines associated with high-end mobile devices without proper authorisation, thereby acquiring the phones at no cost.

The investigation began following a complaint from the manager of the affected company, who was alerted by the network operator about several suspicious contracts. An internal review revealed that two employees of the distributor were involved in the fraudulent activities. The falsified contracts included manipulated signatures and bank certificates aimed at circumventing system checks.

The mobile devices, valued at twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and ninety-one euros, were handed over to the purported clients for free, enabling the suspects to profit through their resale. Part of these phones was sold at a second-hand shop in Alicante, with the suspects obtaining twelve thousand seven hundred and nine euros from these sales. Other transactions occurred directly with individuals and through intermediaries, although it was confirmed that final customers acted in good faith, unaware of the illegal origins of the devices.

The three suspects were detained in Alicante, with two being employees of the distributor and the third, a brother of one of them, assisting in the resale operations. The findings have been forwarded to the Investigating Court of Alicante for further action.