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A CONMAN who pocketed €1.2 million and made it onto Europol’s ‘Most Wanted’ list, has been arrested on the Costa Blanca.
Europol published details of the 52-year old fugitive’s activities on May 30, and Hungarian authorities issued an European Arrest Warrant.
Roland Sandor Porkolab faces a 22-year prison sentence for 15 counts involving fraud and falsifying documents.
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In 2019, he ran a scam where he created a logistics company to transport high-value goods, which he stole and then resold.
Police National were informed that the man may well be living in Spain. He was said to live somewhere between Alicante, and Murcia.
After three months of surveillance and investigations of the areas that the fugitive was visiting in his high-end vehicle, linked to the fictitious firm he claimed to be working for, the net began to tighten around him.
Officers also verified he used Alicante Elche Airport.
The National Court of Madrid will process his extradition. He was arrested near the Murcia border in Pilar de la Horadada.
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