The Judicial Police arrested a foreign couple in Sintra “suspects of having abused government subsidies to support financially employers and workers during the pandemic”. They presented “300 fraudulent requests, worth more than £1500.000”.
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30/10/2026
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Um foreign couple wanted in the UK for crimes of fraud and whitening it was located and detained after a set of judicial police (JP), through the Criminal Information Unit (and within the framework of international cooperation) in Sintra.
“ The detainees, a 41-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman, are suspected of abuse of government subsidies to support financially employers and workers during the coronavirus pandemic“, can be read in a statement sent to the essays this friday, october 30.
It explains the PJ, “there are several job maintenance and self-employment income support programmes, having presented the suspects in total, over 300 fraudulent requests, with a value of more than gbp 1,500,000, which, at the current exchange rate, is approximately eur 1.793.190“.
Applications were made “in the name of an accomplice” and “deposited in bank accounts on behalf of or controlled by detainees”.
“ They are also accused of the control of criminal goods obtained through their fraudulent activities ", points out the Judiciary Police.
For these facts they could be sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Both were present at the Lisbon Court of Relations, which determined that waiting for the extradition process under preventive arrest.