But after Bevan left Bermuda in 2013, his ex-colleagues spotted a series of fake payments which led them back to his account.
As elsewhere in Spain, corruption is endemic in Andalucía and the socialist party, which has governed the region for 30 years, is embroiled in a scandal involving, ironically, allegations of fake redundancy payments totalling hundreds of millions of euros of public money.
Last week 32 bureaucrats in provinces across the country were arrested for allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for contracts, while two formerly high-ranking Socialists in Andalucía were summoned to court to answer questions in an ongoing investigation into hundreds of millions of euros in public money handed out in fake redundancy payments.
Those detained face accusations of being members of an organized crime group, unauthorized access to a computer system, possessing card-cloning equipment, access device fraud and distributing fake electronic-payment devices.
In order to portray straw borrowers as reliable credit risks, says the criminal complaint, Abrams and Fitzgerald faked mortgage payments and rents, and used shell companies to funnel proceeds to various bank accounts or to pay millions of dollars in kickbacks.
The force has had reports of fake demands for payment being received in the county.
Who hasn't received phone messages from callers making bogus claims of overdue tax payments, fake charity solicitations, and ploys from fictional financial institutions?
Mr. Domecq is accused of approving payment of fake invoices from outside vendors, who then issued checks to shell companies controlled by him and others.
The recent introduction of some new rules for e-commerce companies by the Indian government, including disallowing big discounts and predatory pricing, has also shifted the industry's focus from "lowest pricing" towards quality services including app and website experience, original vs. fake products, ease of payment, quick delivery, convenient return and refund policies.
