Employees linked to the State Department of Health (SES), a military police officer and other people identified as participants in an extortion scheme were targets of Operation Laço Oculto, carried out by the Civil Police this Tuesday (21). In total, 14 court orders were served in Cuiabá and Várzea Grande, including searches, seizure of assets and freezing of financial assets that could total more than R$3.3 million.
SES employees and military police are being investigated for an extortion scheme that caused a server to lose more than R$1 million in MT
Employees linked to the State Department of Health (SES), a military police officer and other people identified as participants in an extortion scheme were targets of Operation Laço Oculto, carried out by the Civil...
According to the investigation, the scheme led to a state public servant losing more than R$1.1 million between 2022 and 2025.
The Military Police Internal Affairs and SES reported that they monitor compliance with court orders and collaborate with investigations.
Threats and manipulation
According to the Civil Police, the victim was a co-worker of the main suspect and spent years under constant psychological pressure. The investigated woman allegedly convinced the public servant that both were being threatened by loan sharks due to an alleged debt attributed to another public servant.
According to the investigation, the woman stated that criminals knew their routine and could attack family members if payments were not made. At the same time, he said he was trying to negotiate the debt and protect his colleague, who began to make successive money transfers, believing he was avoiding reprisals.
The charges occurred continuously between 2022 and 2025. To meet the demands, the victim took out loans, used the limit on credit cards, redeemed private pension funds and used money reserved for building the house and for the children.
Still according to the investigation, she was also convinced to finance a truck in her name for use by a person linked to the main suspect, remaining responsible for paying for the vehicle.
The scheme was only interrupted when the victim's husband noticed changes in his wife's behavior, discovered what was happening and contacted the Civil Police.
The investigation showed that the server directly transferred R$1,132,680 to her co-worker's account. The amount was confirmed after breaking banking secrecy and financial analysis carried out by investigators.
The police also identified that part of the money was distributed to other people linked to the group under investigation. According to the Civil Police, the analyzes revealed transactions that were incompatible with the suspects' declared income, a high number of cash withdrawals, bank accounts with intense circulation of values ??and evidence of the use of “scams” ??to hide assets.
Warrants
The operation carries out five search and seizure warrants for properties, one search and seizure order for a vehicle, five asset seizure warrants and three orders to block financial assets.
The measures were authorized by the Justice 4.0 Center of the Judge of Guarantees – Polo Cuiabá, with a favorable opinion from the Public Ministry. The decision also allows the seizure of vehicles and other assets allegedly acquired with proceeds from crime, in addition to the extraction of data from electronic devices collected during the operation.
According to the Civil Police, investigations continue and seek to identify the participation of each person involved, recover the amounts embezzled from the victim and investigate the possible commission of crimes such as loan sharking and money laundering.
Source: Nortão News
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