Spain Dismantles Marijuana Investment Fraud For Health With Victims In 35 Countries

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JAKARTA - Spanish police led international operations to arrest a fraud syndicate of 645 million (US$686.41 million) from victims in 35 countries. This investment fraud mode is a cannabis plant for medical purposes.

This syndicate sets up advertisements and instead attends international cannabis exhibitions to convince victims from various countries including: Spain, France and Germany to invest in the system, the Spanish National Police said in a statement, as reported by Channel News Asia.

They led operations with the help of Interpol and troops from Germany, France, the Dominican Republic, the United States, and Britain.

Nine suspects, who have not been named, have been detained on suspicion of fraud in Spain, England, Germany, Latvia, Poland, Italy, and the Dominican Republic.

The business motion offered by this organization consists of the use of transferred capital from investors to develop partnerships to finance cannabis cultivation, said Silvia Garrido, a spokesman for the Spanish police, Sunday, April 14.

With this system, they promise victims a profit of between 70 percent and 168 percent per year, depending on the cannabis species they invest in.

Luxury cars, parties at hotels, and music videos were used in advertising campaigns to promote the scheme, police said, and the victims were taken to legal cannabis plantations involved in the scam.

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