A sophisticated scheme, in which the criminal group cooperated employees of Caixa Econômica Federal and lottery houses, was dismantled by the Federal Police, on the morning of Tuesday (15), in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Operation Farra Brasil 14, aimed to dismantle the criminal organization specializing in fraud against the social benefit system managed by the Caixa Tem application.
The criminal group offered bribes to obtain illicit access to third party social accounts through the application, as well as also defrauding FGTS and unemployment insurance.
Already the victims was a group composed of beneficiaries of social programs of the federal government. THE CNN He contacted Caixa Econômica and awaits return.
According to official Caixa data, since the launch of the Caixa application has, in April 2020, approximately 749 thousand contestation processes have been registered, generating a compensation that exceeds R $ 2 billion by the financial institution.
The Federal Court ordered the arrest for 16 investigators, who are now prohibited, among other restrictions, to maintain contact with each other and to attend branches of Caixa Econômica Federal.
Investigated may be responsible for criminal organization, qualified theft, active and passive corruption, as well as insertion of false data in information systems. Added, penalties can reach 40 years in prison.
This content was originally published in see how the gang operated that defrauded social benefits by the cashier has on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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