Fake balance, group with fake teacher and professional-looking website: what the sophisticated scheme was like that made the retiree lose R$37 million

Retired woman loses R$37 million in a fake investment platform scam in RS A 70-year-old woman lost R$37 million in a sophisticated scheme that convinced victims to make supposed investments, but the money was stolen by the scammers. The elderly woman received an inheritance and used the resources due to promises of high profits. The police also identified 140 possible victims of the fraud spread across Brazil. ? 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. This Thursday (13), the Civil Police launched Operation Criptoabate, against suspects of being part of the criminal organization being investigated for embezzlement through electronic fraud and money laundering. This Friday morning (14), one of the suspects in charge of the scheme was arrested in Rio de Janeiro. ? Access the g1 RS channel on WhatsApp According to the State Department for the Suppression of Cybercrime (DERCC), one of the financial institutions investigated handled, in a single day, R$295 million. The investigation also identified a company in São Paulo with an atypical turnover of R$500 million during the period investigated. According to the Civil Police, suspicious transactions carried out by those investigated 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