Bulgaria's 'shepherd scammer' seized in Spain
A Bulgarian conman who cheated would-be shepherds into paying for non-existent jobs in Australia has been arrested in Spain.
Dimitar Dimitrov P was arrested in the coastal town of Torrevieja, Spanish police said on Tuesday.
The 40-year-old was the subject of an international arrest warrant for his role in scamming Bulgarian jobseekers hoping to find work in Australia as shepherds.
In February 2000, he posted a job ad in the Bulgarian press advertising the desirable positions.
Candidates were asked to fill out a form supposedly created by an Australian Government agency acting as an intermediary between the candidates and farmers.
The would-be shepherds then had to send in their details — and a small fee.
There was just one catch: the jobs didn't exist, and neither did the Australian Government agency.
Some 221 fell victims to the scam, Spanish police said in their statement.
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Dimitar Dimitrov P was arrested in the coastal town of Torrevieja, Spanish police said on Tuesday.
The 40-year-old was the subject of an international arrest warrant for his role in scamming Bulgarian jobseekers hoping to find work in Australia as shepherds.
In February 2000, he posted a job ad in the Bulgarian press advertising the desirable positions.
Candidates were asked to fill out a form supposedly created by an Australian Government agency acting as an intermediary between the candidates and farmers.
The would-be shepherds then had to send in their details — and a small fee.
There was just one catch: the jobs didn't exist, and neither did the Australian Government agency.
Some 221 fell victims to the scam, Spanish police said in their statement.
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