Police forces led by Spain have arrested a gang which allegedly defrauded 645 million euros ($686.41 million) from victims in 35 countries in a scam centred around cannabis plants for medicinal use. The gang mounted a marketing system and attended international cannabis fairs to convince victims to invest in the system, the Spanish National Police said in a statement. It led the operation with the help of Europol and police forces in five other countries. Nine suspects, who have not been named, were detained on April 11 on suspicion of fraud in Spain, Britain, Germany, Latvia, Poland, Italy and the Dominican Republic.

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MADRID (Reuters) -     Spanish police said on Saturday it led an international operation to arrest a gang which allegedly defrauded 645 million euros ($686.41 million) from victims in 35 countries in a scam centred around cannabis plants for medicinal use. Read full story

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Police arrest international gang in $686 million medicinal cannabis scam

MADRID: Spanish police said on Saturday (Apr 13) it led an international operation to arrest a gang which allegedly defrauded €645 million (US$686.41 million) from victims in 35 countries in a scam centred around cannabis plants for medicinal use. The gang mounted a marketing system and attended internat

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Police arrest international gang in US$686 million medicinal cannabis scam

MADRID - Police forces led by Spain have arrested a gang which allegedly defrauded 645 million euros ($686.41 million) from victims in 35 countries in a scam centred around cannabis plants for medicinal use. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Police have busted an international gang involved in swindling people of 645 million euros ($686.41 million) across 35 countries.

They defrauded people through a fake investment opportunity centred around medicinal cannabis plants.

The gang had a whole marketing campaign going on, even attending international cannabis fairs to lure victims. But thanks to a collaboration between the Spanish National Police, Europol, and forces from five other co

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$686 million medicinal cannabis scam busted, international gang’s nine members arrested

Spanish police say an international crime gang convinced victims to invest in a medicinal cannabis cultivation business as part of a billion-dollar fraud.

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Gang busted over billion-dollar medicinal cannabis scam

MADRID — Police led by Spain on Thursday arrested members of a gang that allegedly defrauded $686 million from victims in 35 countries in a scam centered around cannabis plants for medicinal use. 
The gang mounted a marketing system and attended international cannabis fairs to persuade victims to invest in the system, the Spanish National Police said in a statement. 
It led the operation with the help of Europol and police forces in five other c…

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MADRID, April 13 — Police forces led by Spain have arrested a gang which allegedly defrauded €645 million (RM3.2 billion) from victims in 35 countries in a scam centred around cannabis plants for medicinal use. The gang mounted a marketing system and attended international cannabis fairs to convince victims to invest in the system, the Spanish National Police said in a statement. It led the operation with the help of Europol and police forces in…

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