The court investigation in Majorca into false claims was started following the complaint filed by Mac Hotels in Alcudia. This eventually led to the arrests of the alleged ringleaders operating on the island. The National Police and the Guardia Civil, meanwhile, have identified two British citizens said to be at the head of this organisation who were acting from the UK. They have been named as Ryan Bridge and Craig Kennerly.
This information has come out because the court has lifted the secrecy that had been imposed for the case. Bridge and Kennerly, it is alleged, managed the claims that were made in Majorca. Directing the operation on the island, it is further alleged, was Laura Cameron, one of those arrested in September.
The coordination of the "tiqueteros" who were approaching holidaymakers and getting them to make false claims was via a Whatsapp group, and the name by which it was functioning was UK Holiday Claims Ltd.
Earlier last year, two "tiqueteros" were arrested in Alcudia. At a court in Inca, one of them denied knowing Laura or her mother Deborah Cameron. The Guardia Civil, however, established that she was in the car belonging to Laura Cameron.
In addition to Mac Hotels, there is representation in the case from Melía and the Majorca Hoteliers Federation. Investigators are currently waiting for bank information in order to check on possible money laundering.
