Spain luxury hotel scammer booked rooms for one cent, police say
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Spanish police arrested a 20-year-old man in Madrid for allegedly hacking a hotel booking website. He is accused of reserving luxury hotel rooms, costing up to €1,000 per night, for only one euro cent by manipulating the payment validation system. The investigation began after a travel booking site reported suspicious activity. Police located and arrested the suspect at a Madrid hotel after a four-day investigation. He had accumulated over €20,000 in losses for the hotel during several stays, including a recent four-night stay valued at €4,000, plus mini-bar expenses. The suspect is believed to have used a cyber attack to alter the payment system, and had previously been arrested for similar activity in the Canary Islands.
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