Suspect of running a scheme that caused a retiree to lose R$37 million is arrested at Rio de Janeiro airport

Retired woman loses R$37 million in fake investment platform scam in RS One of the main suspects of being part of the false investment scheme that made a 70-year-old woman lose R$37 million was arrested this Friday (14). The elderly woman received an inheritance and used the resources due to promises of high profits. The Civil Police also identified 140 possible victims of fraud spread across Brazil. On Thursday (13), the Civil Police launched Operation Criptoabate, against suspected members of the criminal organization being investigated for embezzlement through electronic fraud and money laundering. ? Access the g1 RS channel on WhatsApp The man, whose identity was not revealed, was arrested at Santos Dumont Airport, in Rio de Janeiro, with the support of the Federal Police (PF). He owns one of the financial institutions investigated by the police. In a bank account linked to his CPF, he received R$77 million. The money was deposited shortly after the scam that caused the woman to lose all her assets. The suspect is a resident of Balneário Camboriú (SC). ? The police's guidance is to be suspicious of promises of profitability far above the market, platforms without verifiable credentials and requests for new deposits to release amounts that would have already been invested. According to the State Department for the Suppression of Cybercrimes (DERCC), one of the financial institutions investigated handled, in a single day, R$295 million. The police also identified a company in São Paulo with an atypical turnover of R$500 million in the period. According to the Civil Police, suspicious transactions carried out by the group total R$30 billion. The fraud is known internationally as "pig butchering", or "pig slaughter scam". The practice originates in Southeast Asia, in countries such as Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, according to the Civil Police. According to the police, those investigated pretended to be employees of a company identified as TDASX, which closed after the investigations began. g1 tried to contact those responsible for TDASX, but had not located them until the last update of the report. Victim transferred assets over 6 months Despite warnings from her official broker, she decided to make the transfers. The conviction took place over six months, during which the victim migrated all of his capital from a regular brokerage to the fraudulent platform. According to the head of the Cybercrime Department, delegate Eibert Moreira, the victim had an investment history and a profile considered aggressive, with a preference for higher profitability assets. According to the delegate, in addition to the inheritance, the victim also lost part of the profitability that he had already accumulated in previous investments made through a brokerage that operated regularly in the financial market. 'The broker always advised her not to make such large contributions to such risky investments, but then she ended up withdrawing the amount she had with this broker, then migrating the amounts to this fake platform', stated the delegate. In total, 90 court orders were complied with in three states. Among those arrested, according to the Civil Police, are three owners of financial institutions that operate conversion to cryptocurrency. Two foreigners were also arrested. One of them, according to the investigation, is the owner of one of the financial institutions investigated. The police also state that a manager of a traditional financial institution with great national and international credibility was arrested. According to the investigation, she was responsible for facilitating the opening of accounts operated by the criminal group and used to pulverize, in a first layer, the amounts transferred by the victim. The suspects' names were not released. Fictitious virtual balance, fake study community and website: what the sophisticated scheme was like that made a retiree lose R$37 million Civil Police VIDEOS: Everything about RS