Trusted employee scams R$600,000 An employee of a tourism agency in Maringá, in the north of Paraná, was preventively arrested this Monday (27). According to the Civil Police (PC-PR), he created a company with a similar name to receive money from customers. He was identified as Jorge Pereira dos Santos Junior. The police estimate that he left the company with a loss of R$600,000. g1 sought Jorge's defense, who informed that he will not comment on the case. ? Follow g1 Maringá and region on WhatsApp According to delegate Fernando Garbelini, the suspect had worked in the financial sector of the tourism agency for at least six years. He was considered trustworthy by employers and allegedly took advantage of this to implement a "sophisticated fraud scheme". "This situation was brought up by the owner of the company at the beginning of the month. She reported that she had discovered the existence of a company in another location, with a very similar name, and that some customers were paying invoices destined for this company, some by bank transfer into that company's accounts. She realized that this company was from a city that belonged to this employee's family", said the delegate. Jorge Pereira dos Santos Junior was preventively arrested this Monday (27). Civil Police (PC-PR) According to Garbellini, it was also found that Jorge created a password as a tourism agent - a position he did not hold - and began irregularly issuing airline tickets and accommodation for himself and his family. The investigation also found that the suspect misused a corporate card from the travel agency. "He took trips to Europe, spent Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. He began to live a life of luxury at the expense of this company", said the delegate. The company owner informed the police that she discovered that Jorge started committing fraud around two years ago. But the deadline and the amount of damage could be even greater, as there are still many documents to be analyzed, according to the delegate. The case will continue to be investigated to identify the participation of other people in the fraud. READ ALSO: Searches: 5-year-old non-verbal autistic man disappears in a forest area Traffic: Police treat the death of young people in a car crash carrying ten people as manslaughter Investigation: Off-duty police officer shoots and kills a community dog ??that lived near UPA VIDEOS: Most watched on g1 Paraná Read more news on g1 Paraná.