Man convicted of raping a vulnerable person is 53 years old PCRN/Disclosure A 45-year-old woman was arrested red-handed this Wednesday (8), suspected of using photos of a newborn admitted to a neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to carry out scams and request transfers via Pix. The arrest took place in Natal. According to the Civil Police, the case began after the baby's family published a campaign on social media to encourage blood donations for the child. ? Click here to follow the g1 RN channel on WhatsApp The investigation shows that the suspect took possession of the images of the newborn and started asking for money, falsely claiming that the amounts would be destined for the family. According to the police, the woman said that the donations would go to the baby's grandmother, whom she introduced as a general services assistant at the school where she worked. However, the values ??were requested for the suspect's own Pix key. READ ALSO: Man is arrested on suspicion of fraud of more than R$1.1 million against banks in 13 states Operation arrests five suspected members of a criminal group and blocks R$400,000 in RN Investigations indicate that, after a new publication requesting money was shared on WhatsApp, Civil Police teams located the woman at an educational institution in the Cidade da Esperança neighborhood, in the West Zone of Natal. During the approach, the police seized the cell phone which, according to the corporation, was used to disseminate messages and maintain contact with the victims. The woman was taken to the police station, where she was charged with the crime of embezzlement. She was then sent to the prison system, where she will remain at the disposal of the courts. The Civil Police did not say how many people were victims of the scam or the amount collected by the suspect, whose name was not disclosed.