Retiree who lost R$37 million inherited a fortune and was convinced to transfer the amount to a fake platform in six months, police say

Retired woman loses R$37 million in a fake investment platform scam in RS The 70-year-old woman who lost R$37 million in a false investment scheme used resources from an inheritance and ignored the warnings of her official broker to transfer the assets to criminals. The conviction took place over six months, during which the victim migrated all of his capital from a regular brokerage to the fraudulent platform. The case is investigated by the State Department for the Suppression of Cybercrimes (DERCC). This Thursday (13), the Civil Police launched Operation Criptoabate, against suspects of being part of a criminal organization investigated for embezzlement through electronic fraud and money laundering. ? Access the g1 RS channel on WhatsApp According to the head of the Cyber ??Crimes Department, delegate Eibert Moreira, the victim had a history of investments 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. The police also identified 140 possible victims spread across Brazil. 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. According to DERCC, one of the financial institutions investigated handled R$295 million in a single day. The investigation also identified a company in São Paulo with an atypical turnover of R$500 million during the period investigated. According to the police, suspicious transactions carried out by those investigated amount to 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. The police's guidance is to be wary 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. Retired woman loses R$37 million in fake investment platform scam; police carry out operation in RS and SP Civil Police VIDEOS: Everything about RS