https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A week ago Fernando Blanco was a heroic Spanish father who raised over €900,000 for his sick daughter, but on Friday he was behind bars, an alleged fraudster accused of spending much of that cash on himself. https://www.thelocal.es/20161212/parents-of-sick-girl-accused-of-spending-appeal-money-on-themselves Mon, 12 Dec 2016 10:23:37 +0100 parents-of-sick-girl-accused-of-spending-appeal-money-on-themselves Spanish police said Wednesday they had smashed a criminal gang of Iranians and Pakistanis who preyed on tourists in Barcelona by posing as police, just days after dismantling a similar ring in Madrid. https://www.thelocal.es/20161208/spain-smashes-another-fake-police-ring-that-robbed-tourists Thu, 08 Dec 2016 09:56:44 +0100 spain-smashes-another-fake-police-ring-that-robbed-tourists Spanish police have arrested a criminal gang that posed as police officers to rob tourists. https://www.thelocal.es/20161205/busted-gang-that-robbed-tourists-in-madrid-by-posing-as-police Mon, 05 Dec 2016 13:47:02 +0100 busted-gang-that-robbed-tourists-in-madrid-by-posing-as-police The 29-year-old man wore T-shirts and jackets with Interpol written on them as he tried to convince people he was involved in a special investigation on the island of Mallorca. https://www.thelocal.es/20160217/brit-arrested-in-mallorca-for-posing-as-interpol-officer Wed, 17 Feb 2016 16:20:25 +0100 brit-arrested-in-mallorca-for-posing-as-interpol-officer A young woman in Sevilla has been arrested for pretending that she had been kidnapped and forced into prostitution in order to get money from her mother to pay off her debts. https://www.thelocal.es/20151022/police-arrest-woman-for-faking-own-kidnapping-to-get-money-from-mother Thu, 22 Oct 2015 17:50:53 +0200 police-arrest-woman-for-faking-own-kidnapping-to-get-money-from-mother Spanish low-cost perfume company Equivalenza faces possibly being hauled before a French court for selling imitations of luxury scents in its shops. https://www.thelocal.es/20150930/spanish-low-cost-perfume-company-equivalenza-faces-counterfeit-case-in Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:03:06 +0200 spanish-low-cost-perfume-company-equivalenza-faces-counterfeit-case-in The Spanish Civil Guard arrested two men who posed as cops to carry out at least twenty robberies by pulling unsuspecting tourists over on 'routine traffic checks'. https://www.thelocal.es/20150828/fake-cops-arrested-for-tricking-tourists-at-traffic-stops Fri, 28 Aug 2015 12:44:11 +0200 fake-cops-arrested-for-tricking-tourists-at-traffic-stops A Spanish man has been caught using a fake police ID with the photograph of Oscar-winning Hollywood actor, Adrien Brody. https://www.thelocal.es/20150724/fake-policeman-used-hollywood-actor-id Fri, 24 Jul 2015 12:51:13 +0200 fake-policeman-used-hollywood-actor-id Armed with a 9mm gun and an army badge, the Valencia man in question stole the six-pack of beers from a local street-seller while posing as a policeman. https://www.thelocal.es/20140507/fake-cop-arrested-after-seizing-beers Wed, 07 May 2014 19:20:00 +0200 fake-cop-arrested-after-seizing-beers A man who disguised himself as a priest to break into the home of the Spanish government's disgraced former treasurer was suffering from delusions and saw himself as 'Spain's saviour', a Madrid court heard on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140410/fake-priest-wanted-to-rescue-spain Thu, 10 Apr 2014 15:59:36 +0200 fake-priest-wanted-to-rescue-spain A Madrid man has been arrested for setting up a fake airline which cheated 67 people out of a total of €50,000. https://www.thelocal.es/20131024/phantom-airline-scam-grounds-67-passengers Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:33:25 +0200 phantom-airline-scam-grounds-67-passengers