National Police have detained two people accused of simulating various crimes and attempting to defraud insurance companies.

The defendants were arrested in Alicante, where in the first instance the 29-year old “victim” presented at the Police Station, reporting that he had been robbed and that the culprits had escaped with his mobile phone and a gold chain. He was not able to give any details to help identify any of his attackers.

The Police eventually recovered the phone in the changing room of a gym, and calculating that the events did not occur as reported. It materialized that the man had intended to defraud his insurance company for a payment of 600 euros.

Days later, a 31-year old woman reported that she had been the victim of a violent robbery, when the thief had allegedly escaped with 660 euros in cash, a mobile phone and digital camera. Suspicious of the story, police carried out a thorough investigation, discovering that her claims were also completely fictitious.