Property scam in the Algarve amounts to around 40 million euros
The six suspects arrested in recent days in the Algarve for real estate fraud had acquired 300 properties with fraudulent financing totalling around 40 million euros, revealed the Judicial Police (Polícia Judiciária - PJ) on Thursday, June 27, 2024.
Group found scamming foreigners in Porto with false leases
12 people were arrested in Greater Porto on suspicion of scamming hundreds of foreigners in a fictitious rental scheme, in which, posing as property owners, they requested a deposit that could reach 2,400 euros.