Funeral company apparently sold corpses to universities for study purposes and forged consent forms. The suspected fraudsters from Valencia cashed in twice by offering to be cremated after the universities had completed their studies.
Cremation of corpses is mandatory in Spain if the bodies were used for medical examinations; in the case of the illegal corpse trade in Valencia, they were dismembered at universities. The suspects are said to have received over 5,000 euros from a university through eleven such cremations alone.