Nine people working in a brothel in Madrid have been arrested on charges of fraud and theft after drugging clients and stealing PIN numbers or forging signatures to make unauthorised charges on their credit cards.
The clients were enticed into the brothel, in Azca, by means of flyers and while they were distracted, sedatives were dropped into their drinks. Once drowsy, PIN numbers were obtained or signatures were forged.
The head of the scam was 55 year old Pedro F. C. who was the owner of the premises and owner of the bank account where all the fraudulent payments were directed.
The investigation into the brothel began last November.