Police target scheme that embezzled more than R$8.3 million from a company in Curitiba A group investigated for laundering more than R$8.3 million embezzled from a company in Curitiba was the target of a Civil Police (PC-PR) operation this Friday morning (10). The investigations began after the kidnapping of the business owner, in September 2024. ? Follow the g1 PR channel on WhatsApp In total, 27 court warrants were served, including search and seizure orders and the kidnapping of valuables. Until the last update of this report, there was no estimate of how many people were arrested in this Friday's action. The operation was carried out in Curitiba, São José dos Pinhais and Almirante Tamandaré, in the Metropolitan Region of the capital, in addition to Porto Alegre (RS). Seven people were arrested at the time of the crime, for their involvement in the case, which aimed to extort more than R$3 million from the victim, according to the police. Scheme was discovered after kidnapping Kidnapping of businessman leads police to scheme that diverted more than R$8.3 million from company in Curitiba PCPR The businessman, aged 58 and owner of a medical products company, was kidnapped in September 2024, in the Jardim Botânico neighborhood, in Curitiba, after criminals simulated a traffic accident. The investigation showed that the crime was planned by a former administrative manager of the company, responsible for the financial sector. She was arrested in April this year, in São José dos Pinhais. According to the police, in addition to her, another former employee, family members and people close to her also participated in the kidnapping. As the investigations progressed, the Civil Police identified that the same group had already embezzled money from the company while the suspects were still working there. Those involved issued fraudulent invoices in the name of shell companies created by the group itself. "As these employees worked directly to control the flow of bank orders, they managed to make several payments that resulted in a loss of R$8.3 million. Parallel to this, they set up a network of people who received these amounts and transacted between them in an attempt to make tracking them difficult", explains delegate Emmanoel David. In total, PCPR identified the participation of 11 people and the payment of 46 fraudulent bills between January and September 2024. Remember the case Video shows the moment when a businessman is kidnapped in Curitiba The businessman was kidnapped on September 17, 2024 after criminals simulated a traffic stop in Jardim Botânico. After being surrendered, he was forced to make bank transfers. The suspects tried to obtain around R$3 million, but the plan was interrupted when the bank manager became suspicious of the financial transactions and called the police. His car was found on fire hours after the crime, in the Boqueirão neighborhood, in Curitiba. The victim was found the following day in Monte Castelo, in the north of Santa Catarina. The businessman's car was found on fire RPC The most watched videos on g1 PR: Read more news from g1 Paraná.