Property administrator arrested in Orihuela for defrauding two homeowner associations of €17,800
A 45-year-old woman was arrested in Orihuela (Alicante) for forging signatures and cashing fraudulent cheques over two years. The total damage exceeds €17,800.
Property administrator arrested in Orihuela after forging signatures to cash cheques from two homeowner associations
The National Police have arrested a 45-year-old property administrator in Orihuela (Alicante) accused of misappropriating €17,800 belonging to two homeowner associations that she herself managed. According to reports, the suspect fraudulently cashed several bank cheques linked to the accounts of both associations, forging the signatures of their representatives to do so.
The investigation was opened following complaints filed by representatives of the two associations, who detected irregularities in the financial management of their bank accounts. Police inquiries determined that the suspect used her position as property administrator to carry out the transactions without authorisation over a period of approximately two years.
The financial damage amounts to more than €9,000 in one of the affected associations and more than €8,800 in the second, totalling more than €17,800. The Police Headquarters communicated this in an official statement.
The detainee is being investigated as the suspected perpetrator of the offences of document falsification and fraud. Following the completion of police proceedings, the case has been referred to the On-Duty Investigating Court in Orihuela.
The investigation remains open. The authorities do not rule out the emergence of further victims or the identification of other criminal acts related to the suspect's activities.
Source: ABC