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Scammers sentenced Sale takes off
THREE young people were sentenced to one year in prison each in Palma on Tuesday, February 7 after planning and orchestrating the biggest scam seen by online retailer Amazon in Europe.
Two brothers, James Gilbert K and William Peter K and their friend, Juan Eduardo B conspired and executed a plan to make huge sums of money by returning products to the online retailing giant, Amazon. Together, the group exploited the American company’s immediate returns policy and scammer buyers on the island, making an estimated €350,000.
The string of fraud offences was carried out between 2017 and July, 17, 2019 when the three boys were caught by law enforcement officers and arrested on fraud charges.
Investigators found that the three boys would advertise highvalue products as ‘new’ on resale websites such as eBay and Wallapop before ordering them off Amazon to interested buyers’ home addresses. They would then use Amazon’s return system to obtain a refund, and the product would never arrive to customers’ homes.
The young people pleaded guilty and received a fine alongside their sentences.
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THE Spanish national government is preparing to privatise Palma airport’s air traffic control tower as the government moves to sell facilities and operations at various airports in the country in a bid to make services more efficient and competitive.
The decision announced on Tuesday, February 7 will affect airports across the country including MalagaCosta del Sol, Gran Canaria, Tenerife Sur, Tenerife Norte, Bilbao and Santiago de Compostela as well as Palma’s
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Meaning you must begin something if you hope to finish it; something that takes a long time to finish begins with one step. The origin comes from the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu, the quotation is from Chapter 64 of the Dao De Jing ascribed to Laozi, written around 700 BC.
Son Sant Joan. The airports’ control towers were previously controlled by Enaire, an agency controlled by the Ministry for Transport.
Airports themselves were previously sold off to Aena, a process which has gone smoothly and which the government is hoping to emulate in this most recent privatisation. A bidding process will be held for the contract to manage air traffic control at Palma Son Sant Joan which several companies are expected to enter.
The Ministry for Transport has released a statement saying that security will remain the priority in any changes to the system and that the sale will make air travel more competitive making tickets cheaper and improve punctuality.
