2 million Euros is the value of the fraud that the "Guardia Civil" of Castellón claims was carried out by P.A.R.M. who allegedly bought more than 1,500,000 kilos of citrus from province's farmers, but did not pay for them

2 million Euros is the value of the fraud that the "Guardia Civil" of Castellón claims was carried out by P.A.R.M. who allegedly bought more than 1,500,000 kilos of citrus from province's farmers, but did not pay for them, according to sources in Benemérita. 4 people were arrested for the fraud in  Almería.

Investigations started on the 7th of March, when several citrus producers presented a complaint to the headquarters of the "Guardia Civil" in Nules against a company in Almería. They pressed charges against the company. The "Guardia Civil" collected several complaints from farmers in Nules, Vall D'Uixó, Onda, Vila-Real, Vilavella and Burriana. The amount of fruit collected and not paid is over 1,500,000 kilos.

After the complaints, the "Guardia Civil" started "Operation Mandarin" and found out that the alleged swindlers were an organized group, with stores and warehouses rented in the capital and in the province of Almeria, so they could manipulate, take care and distribute the goods obtained with the fraud. The goods went to other provinces of Spain and abroad, being sold at a lower price.

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