The Spanish National Police has arrested in the province of Ciudad Real ten people on suspicion of fraud involving residence procedures The arrests were made. According to investigators, those arrested include two alleged ringleaders of a group said to have operated in several towns in the province. Europa Press and regional broadcaster Onda Cero reported this on 12 November 2026, citing the police.
The group is alleged to have helped foreign nationals obtain residence and work permits using false employment documents in exchange for payment. Onda Cero names Almagro and Bolaños de Calatrava as locations where the alleged offences took place. The reports do not say when the arrests were made.
The investigation was reportedly prompted by numerous forged documents discovered in residence applications from people from the Maghreb . The two alleged ringleaders are said to have had different roles: one allegedly sought out people and offered them an illegal way to process their applications.
According to the police, the other suspect worked in company administration. He allegedly had access to the personal data and digital signatures of his clients and their companies, and used these for unauthorised procedures. These are said to have included job offers, employment contracts and registrations with the Social security .
According to investigators, the group used real companies operating in the province of Ciudad Real. Their owners had not consented to the use of their data. The documents were then allegedly used in procedures to obtain residence and work permits on the grounds of social and professional integration.
The group allegedly charged each applicant between 2,000 and 4,500 euros in cash to process the applications fraudulently. According to the reports, cash payments were intended to prevent the distribution of the money from being traced.
The allegations are based on the state of the police investigation; an arrest is not a conviction. The reports do not give the total number of applications affected or details of the status of proceedings against those arrested. The precise timing of the alleged offences also remains unclear.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).