A couple of entrepreneurs, 51 and 49, responsible for an event company that was conducting college graduations, is being sought by the Mato Grosso Civil Police. They are investigated for applying scams, canceling ceremonies and causing damage that, according to police, exceeds R $ 7 million .
The Civil Police launched, on the morning of Tuesday (20), Operation Illusion, with the objective of dismantling the fraudulent scheme. After making sales, the couple closed the company without fulfilling the contracts.
It is estimated that approximately 1,000 graduates from more than 40 classes from various universities and colleges in Cuiabá, Várzea Grande and cities in the interior of Mato Grosso and Rondônia were harmed, including students from medical, dentistry and public school classes courses.
Coordinated by the Specialized Consumer Protection Police Station (Decon), the action meets 20 court orders. Among them, we highlight the warrants of pre-trial detention against the couple of entrepreneurs, who have not yet been found and are considered fugitive.
In addition to the arrests, home search and seizure warrants, administrative restriction on eight motor vehicles, suspension of economic activity of companies and the kidnapping and blocking of R $ 7 million in assets and values ​​in bank accounts of the four suspects and their companies are being served.
The warrants were issued by the Core of Police Inquiries (Nipo), after a favorable opinion of the 18th Criminal Prosecutor’s Office of Cuiabá. The steps are being carried out in the cities of Maringá (PR) and João Pessoa (PB), with the support of local civil police.
Suspects are investigated for crimes against heritage, crimes against consumer relations and criminal association, with penalties that can reach 13 years in prison and fine.
Company closing and cancellation of events
On the morning of January 31, the couple responsible for the companies Image Eventos and Graduar Decoration and Photography released a note informing the closure of the establishment, surprising employees, graduates and their families.
According to Decon’s delegate, Rogério Ferreira, investigations indicate that entrepreneurs knew that they could not comply with their commitments and planned the company’s closure at least four months before the closure of the activities.
“The investigators closed new contracts, demanding cash payments, made promotions, hidden digital media of events that had not been delivered in order to be sold later, all for the purpose of raising values ​​to close the company and leave the city,” explained the delegate.
This content was originally published in graduation company owners are sought by a millionaire blow on the CNN Brazil website.
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