A Moroccan Net

They accessed the game halls in one or two batches. They occupied all existing positions to ensure total impunity in their fraudulent plays and thus avoid being denounced by other players who were in place. And made great amount. In the event that the ball did not fall into the numbers, they used a screwdriver to handle the dome that protects the electronic roulette of the room. At that same moment, security systems annulled the game automatically returning the amount to each player.

For this reason, agents of the National Police have arrested seven Moroccans in Torrejón de Ardoz, who have caused economic damage close to 40,000 euros. The investigation began last June following a complaint where certain losses were revealed in game rooms of the Madrid municipality always using the same modus operandi. After the efforts of the researchers, they managed to determine that there could be a group dedicated to cheating as follows.

With this way of acting, the detainees prevented the intervention of chance in the result of the game, since the direct economic benefit was guaranteed by not losing the money invested and only obtained games won, except if at that time the presence of an employee prevented this maneuver.

The agents managed to determine that this group was made up of six men who had a clear distribution of functions. The leader was the one who performed the physical manipulation of the roulettes and the rest had the function of occupying game positions and making bets, as well as monitoring the employees of the room.

Finally, the arrest of all of them was achieved as presumed responsible for belonging to the criminal group and continued fraud, being able economic damage of around 40,000 euros.