Articles from the firm on criminal law, with particular attention to cybercrime, electronic evidence and criminal defence.
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Read article →The crime of cloning your child's voice to ask for money, its penalty, what to do in the first hours if you already paid and how the money is recovered.
Read article →Computer fraud in the Spanish Criminal Code, when the bank must refund an unauthorised transaction, what to do in the first hours and limitation periods.
Read article →What a criminal record is, when it can be expunged depending on the sentence (art. 136 of the Criminal Code), the requirements and how to apply for it.
Read article →What happens when you are investigated for child sexual abuse material, your rights, and why these cases turn on the computer forensics.
Read article →What offence sextortion is, why you must not pay or delete anything, how to preserve the evidence and what to do if threatened with intimate images.
Read article →Breaking and entering or usurpation, the criminal or the civil route, eviction, and what an owner must never do so as not to end up being the one reported.
Read article →What protects you from the moment you report it: the protection order (art. 544 ter LECrim), free legal aid, and the measures on the children and the home.
Read article →What happens when you are reported for gender violence: arrest, questioning, the restraining order, the effect on custody, and how the accused is defended.
Read article →You're summoned to a minor-offence trial and told it's nothing. It isn't: it can leave a criminal record and goes ahead even if you don't attend. What's at stake and what to decide.
Read article →The fake Abanca 'security department' calls and pressures you into moving your money or reading out a code. How phone impersonation works and what to do.
Read article →In a minor-offence trial everything is decided in a single hearing and on the evidence, and a poorly handled complaint can turn against you. What's at stake and why going alone is a risk.
Read article →A text impersonating Correos asks you to pay a fee for a parcel and slip in your card details. How to recognise the impersonation scam and what to do.
Read article →A text message impersonating Abanca warns of a charge or that your account is blocked and asks for your login details. Why it is a smishing scam and what to do now.
Read article →A text or a phone call impersonating your bank can empty your account in minutes. We explain how to recognise the fraud and what to do straight away.
Read article →Sharing intimate images or videos without consent is a crime (Article 197.7 of the Spanish Criminal Code), even if the recording was made with permission. We explain what you can demand: removal, conviction, compensat...
Read article →Online harassment—stalking, threats, impersonation, data leaks—can be a crime. We explain the protection you can obtain as a victim: an end to the harassment, a restraining order, a conviction and compensation.
Read article →If you have been summoned as a suspect or arrested over an alleged cybercrime, the first decisions matter most. We explain what is at stake, why you should not make a statement without a lawyer, and how a cybercrime c...
Read article →An analysis of whether biometric unlocking (fingerprint, Face ID) of a device is covered by the right against self-incrimination (Arts. 17.3 and 24.2 of the Spanish Constitution), and when the judicial police need aut...
Read article →A legal-technical guide to requesting, by court order, the positioning data (LCS services and GMLC/SMLC network elements) stored by a mobile operator, and how it fits within Art. 588 septies b of the Spanish Criminal ...
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