‘Mister Toledo’ and his twin, arrested as leaders of a network of Amazon scammers

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They tried once and it worked fine. The technique was simple. They ordered a product through Amazon, picked it up at one of the points that the e-commerce platform has and then carried out a false return. They did not return the product, but they did recover the money and also kept their purchase. The business was expanding, until they came to cheat with this mechanism up to half a million euros. The Police have dismantled this network of 20-somethings who cheated on the technology giant and which was led by six people, including Mister Internacional Toledo 2022, Diego Izquierdo, and his twin brother.
Together they raised this illicit business venture that was tremendously lucrative for them. According to the Police, they created some 500 customer accounts through which they made purchases using more than 400 virtual cards, “mainly high-end electronic products.” The investigation began in January 2021 and throughout this time the Hortaleza and Coslada-San Fernando police stations in Madrid have gathered evidence to prove the modus operandi of this network of 25 members, in which the youngest member was 20 years old. and the oldest 35.

Once they received the order, they contacted the company alleging that they had not received the product or that it had a defect, requesting its return and payment reimbursement. The scam ended when they went to mail delivery companies to deliver empty envelopes with the assigned return label instead of physically returning the purchased product itself.

To top off the business, members of the plot then resold the purchases on regular second-hand buying and selling sites or through apps. In the searches carried out in four homes of the detainees, the police found 100,000 euros and many products waiting to be resold. They also found documentation linking them to the scam.

The Izquierdo brothers may have been inspired by the Finan couple, although perhaps they did not know the end of the couple’s criminal adventure or they decided to take a risk. The Finans had made fraud their way of life, but in 2018 they were sentenced to prison in the United States for using the same system to defraud Amazon. They also took advantage of the lax return policy of the e-commerce giant, which often chooses to return the money or replace the product before checking if it was in fact in poor condition or if it arrives back at its warehouses. The Indiana Prosecutor’s Office estimates that they enriched themselves with 1.2 million dollars with this system. “Those who seek to exploit the facilities of online shopping, remember this case. We’ll catch you. You will be prosecuted. And you will go to a federal prison for a long time, “warned the instructor of the case.

 
Companies like Visa are going to put measures in place starting next year to prevent this scam that mainly affects businesses — often small and medium-sized — that operate on Amazon. According to a study with which the financial company works, one in five online consumers has at some time carried out this so-called “friendly fraud”, a figure that has skyrocketed especially with the rise of this type of transaction with the pandemic.
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The brothers and their cronies have fallen just as the Finans did. The company has collaborated from the beginning with the Police for the development of the operation baptized as Twins (twins in English). The social networks of the Mister Internacional contest continue to show the photos of the candidates from Albacete, Ciudad Real or Pontevedra. But there is no trace of the Toledo representative.

Source: https://www.kiratas.com/2022/07/22/miste...-scammers/

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They tried once and it worked fine. The technique was simple. They ordered a product through Amazon, picked it up at one of the points that the e-commerce platform has and then carried out a false return. They did not return the product, but they did recover the money and also kept their purchase. The business was expanding, until they came to cheat with this mechanism up to half a million euros. The Police have dismantled this network of 20-somethings who cheated on the technology giant and which was led by six people, including Mister Internacional Toledo 2022, Diego Izquierdo, and his twin brother.
Together they raised this illicit business venture that was tremendously lucrative for them. According to the Police, they created some 500 customer accounts through which they made purchases using more than 400 virtual cards, “mainly high-end electronic products.” The investigation began in January 2021 and throughout this time the Hortaleza and Coslada-San Fernando police stations in Madrid have gathered evidence to prove the modus operandi of this network of 25 members, in which the youngest member was 20 years old. and the oldest 35.

Once they received the order, they contacted the company alleging that they had not received the product or that it had a defect, requesting its return and payment reimbursement. The scam ended when they went to mail delivery companies to deliver empty envelopes with the assigned return label instead of physically returning the purchased product itself.

To top off the business, members of the plot then resold the purchases on regular second-hand buying and selling sites or through apps. In the searches carried out in four homes of the detainees, the police found 100,000 euros and many products waiting to be resold. They also found documentation linking them to the scam.

The Izquierdo brothers may have been inspired by the Finan couple, although perhaps they did not know the end of the couple’s criminal adventure or they decided to take a risk. The Finans had made fraud their way of life, but in 2018 they were sentenced to prison in the United States for using the same system to defraud Amazon. They also took advantage of the lax return policy of the e-commerce giant, which often chooses to return the money or replace the product before checking if it was in fact in poor condition or if it arrives back at its warehouses. The Indiana Prosecutor’s Office estimates that they enriched themselves with 1.2 million dollars with this system. “Those who seek to exploit the facilities of online shopping, remember this case. We’ll catch you. You will be prosecuted. And you will go to a federal prison for a long time, “warned the instructor of the case.

 
Companies like Visa are going to put measures in place starting next year to prevent this scam that mainly affects businesses — often small and medium-sized — that operate on Amazon. According to a study with which the financial company works, one in five online consumers has at some time carried out this so-called “friendly fraud”, a figure that has skyrocketed especially with the rise of this type of transaction with the pandemic.
What affects the most is what happens closest. To not miss anything, subscribe.
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The brothers and their cronies have fallen just as the Finans did. The company has collaborated from the beginning with the Police for the development of the operation baptized as Twins (twins in English). The social networks of the Mister Internacional contest continue to show the photos of the candidates from Albacete, Ciudad Real or Pontevedra. But there is no trace of the Toledo representative.

Source: https://www.kiratas.com/2022/07/22/miste...-scammers/

Very intersting.
They probably working for a refunding service or something

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Out of curiosity, why are you bumping this? Trying to warn someone? lol

Haven't seen much of this in the news, but the link doesn't work.

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