The magistrate of the Central Investigating Court number 5 of the National Court, José de la Mata, has ordered the entry and registration of all venues that the Dental clinics ‘low cost’ iDental They have a total of 23 establishments throughout the country in which the National Police have already entered in search of evidence and to make an inventory of possible compensation for those who were their patients.
Registrations, including at iDental headquarters in Rivas Vaciamadrid (Madrid), are carried out within the framework of the operation ‘Apolonia’ and they pursue, in addition to the inventory, to recover computer devices and data repositories that contain images of medical tests of users to facilitate their return to patients, who will thus be able to continue with their treatment or report, as the case may be, according to judicial sources.
The judge of the National Court José de la Mata (d), during a meeting with patients affected by the fraud of the iDental clinics. EFE / Luca Piergiovanni
Possible compensation to more than 400,000 affected
For the records, executed by the Economic and Fiscal Crime Unit (UDEF), the Specialized and Violent Crime Unit (UDEV) and the Technological Investigation Unit (ITU) together with the Scientific Unit, the National Police has mobilized around 300 troops that have proceeded to the entry into the iDental headquarters in 21 provinces.
Specifically, the registrations are being made in Gijón, Salamanca (Santa Marta de Tormes), Valladolid, Segovia, Zaragoza, Barcelona, Tarragona, Girona, Castellón, Valencia (capital and Alfalar), Albacete, Alicante, Elche, Murcia, Almería, Granada, Málaga, Córdoba, Seville, Cádiz (Puerto de Santa María) and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, according to police sources.
De la Mata investigates iDental for alleged crimes of continued fraud, misappropriation, documentary falsification, fraudulent administration, injuries, against public health, lifting of assets and money laundering, since he assumed the instruction on July 26 and proceeded to registration of 17 locations in 8 autonomous communities to seize corporate information and patient medical records.
The fraud could have left more than 400,000 affectedEFE / Luca Piergiovanni
More than 200 research pieces
It is estimated that there could be 400,000 affected throughout the country, which is the approximate number of patients who went through these clinics, against whom thousands of complaints have already been filed, which have already accumulated in more than 200 pieces of investigation distributed throughout the national territory, although they could exceed one thousand.
In fact, the judge has established a coordination system with the autonomous communities with those affected, the Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of Justice in order to speed up the collection of information and facilitate that affected patients have access to the medical records that were after the first registration in police or judicial custody, essential documents to file a complaint or continue treatment.
This low cost clinic He was engaged in providing dental services, although he offered a treatment financing system through banks through which he received the full advance payment of his services. After that, according to those affected, the patients “were attended by unqualified personnel. low quality material, and the treatments were not finished, leaving the pincomplete dental brushing“
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