According to the authorities' statement, the suspects, under the guise of senior company executives, sent letters to employees asking them to carry out urgent money transfer operations.
Among the victims are companies from Italy, the Czech Republic, the US, Lebanon, China, Kazakhstan and the Netherlands. For transfers, 150 bank accounts were used, the police added.
The police said that 16 residents of Spain were involved in the criminal group, adding that 11 of them were detained on the charges of fraud and money laundering.
