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FOREIGN migrants were charged up to €4,000 to hood-wink authorities into believing they were in a common-law relationship with a Spanish woman.
All registrations for the Costa Blanca scam were made using an Alfaz del Pi email address.
Eight people, including three non-Spaniards, were arrested by the Policia Nacional for paying cash to obtain a civil union certification.
The proof of this union was enough to get them a visa for temporary residence, even if the relationship was bogus.
This scam involved paying with the addresses of Spanish nationals to obtain a certificate of registration.
That was then submitted to authorities for inclusion on their civil union listings as a ‘common-law’ couple.
They were unable to carry out their criminal scheme because they used the same Alfaz del Pi addresses.
Investigators found that two people registered in the area had applied for civil union documents.
Officers also found two other ‘couples’ had also used the same address.
Although it appeared that many people were moving into the Alfaz estate, only one person lived there.
The investigation was focused on three people, including the man who rented and the female recruiter looking for women who would be a fake partner.
The third person was in contact with foreigners seeking residency.
The trio were arrested in Alicante, plus two of the fake Spanish ‘wives’.
