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‘Cyber-scam grandpa’: Guardia Civil arrests gang exploiting elderly man

Summary by Euro Weekly News
THE GUARDIA CIVIL has arrested 18 people in Biscay and one in Burgos for belonging to a criminal organisation, dedicated to scamming victims through false online advertisements, namely for the sale and adoption of animals. Reportedly, three members of the organisation, belonging to the same family clan, controlled an elderly man in his eighties by isolating him and forcing him to carry out the… Source

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On its X account, on Saturday, 17 January, the Guardia Civil announced that 121 victims had been identified.

The Guardia Civil, in the framework of the operation “Magna-Vallis”, has arrested 19 people, 18 in Bizkaia and one in Burgos, and investigated three others, for belonging to... La entrada Falls a network of scams with false pet ads: there are 19 detainees were first published in Gazetín Madrid.

The Civil Guard has arrested 18 people in Bizkaia and Burgos as part of Operation Magna-Vallis.

The Guardia Civil has dismantled a criminal organization that scammed on the Internet through fake pet sale and adoption ads, with 19 detainees in Bizkaia and Burgos. The network used an octogenarian that it kept isolated to beg and channel payments, with more than 120 victims throughout Spain.

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naiz: broke the news in on Saturday, January 17, 2026.
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