Investigations by the Crimes Enforcement Group against Caixa Econômica Federal instituted by the Federal Police (PF) pointed out that criminals illegally purchased airline tickets using cloned Caixa cards, and, in order not to draw attention, tickets were sold at low cost on social media with the information that they had been acquired through frequent flyer programs.
The PF’s Delivery Card operation takes place on the morning of this Wednesday (14) and seeks to dismantle a gang that used electronic fraud. The criminals would have caused a loss of R$ 40 million with Caixa Econômica Federal. The name of the operation refers to the crimes of card cloning and money laundering through delivery companies, which criminals used to clean up the crime money.
The police officers serve three search and seizure warrants in the Leblon and Colégio neighborhoods in Rio, with authorization from the 10th Federal Criminal Justice Court in Rio de Janeiro. One of the targets was taken to the PF Superintendence in Rio after being caught with drugs.
The information that led to today’s investigation and operation was passed on by the Nucleus for Repression of Bank Frauds (NUFBAN) in Brasília/DF, which, integrated with civil police and banking institutions through Febraban, works to combat bank fraud.
The penalty for crimes of criminal organization, qualified theft through fraud and money laundering can lead to 26 years in prison.
Source: CNN Brasil
