The Civil Police of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Sao Paulo and Santa Catarina perform an operation with the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MJSP), on Thursday (22), to fulfill 155 court orders in four states.
The goal of Operation Broker Phantom is arrest 77 people that are part of a criminal organization Specialized in the Fake Intermediate coup besides money laundering.
The operation also complies with the blockade of 1,776 bank accounts and confiscation in court R $ 613 thousand in these states. There are also 78 search and seizure warrants against the targets.
According to police, the criminals brokered purchases of products that were not theirs, such as cars and houses, and ended up receiving the money as if they were the real owners. For this, the criminals even created fake accounts.
The investigation of Goiás has the support of the cyber laboratory of the MJSP Directorate of Operations.
Detailed scheme
The group operated on online sales platforms and is accused of causing losses of over R $ 1.8 million to dozens of victims around the country.
According to the investigation, criminals created fake profiles on e -commerce sites, copying real ads, especially of semi -new vehicles. When passing through reliable intermediaries, the scammers simulated negotiations between salespeople and legitimate buyers, inducing both parties to believe they were closing business with each other. In fact, the money from the transactions was diverted to accounts controlled by the estelionaires themselves.
The scheme is described as highly organized, with a clear division of tasks among those responsible for “social engineering”, which manipulated the victims, and the financial operators, in charge of opening and moving orange bank accounts.
Authorities identified that over time, the group has opened at least 43 fake accounts on sales platforms, publicizing 144 fraudulent ads, which demonstrates the high degree of professionalization of the criminal organization.
The damage caused is not restricted only to direct victims, but also to digital platforms and legitimate sellers, who have their credibility shaken by the coup. According to investigators, both buyers and vendors are victims in the model of action adopted by the group.
This content was originally published in Operation Mira 77 people by “Fake Intermediate Strike” in 4 states on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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