A municipal guard in Rio de Janeiro was sentenced to 11 years in prison for running a pyramid scheme against colleagues from the Municipal Guard.
In total, four members were convicted of a criminal organization for the crimes of embezzlement, financial pyramid and criminal organization carried out through financial scams.
The guard Rodrigo Cesar de Souza da Silva He was sentenced to 11 years and 8 months in prison and the loss of public office.
Sindy Bernardes Leal, Thiago Araújo da Silva and Rodrigo Ferreira were sentenced to five years in prison for the crime of criminal organization.
The decision was handed down this Tuesday (10) by the 3rd Specialized Court in Criminal Organization, based on the accusation of the Public Ministry of the State of Rio de Janeiro (MPRJ).
The judge Alexandre Abrahão highlighted in the sentence that the evidence of violations became evident “the criminal liability” of the accused being unequivocal.
In November 2023, the four criminals were preventively arrested in Operation High Confidence, launched by the Specialized Action Group to Combat Organized Crime (GAECO) of the MPRJ and the Civil Police.
According to GAECO’s complaint, at least 12 Municipal Guard employees reported the scammer to the corporation’s Internal Affairs Department.
Investigations by the Public Ministry revealed that the criminal group moved around R$134 million between 2021 and 2022.
This content was originally published in Rio’s municipal guard is sentenced to prison for pyramid scheme on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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