The Canoas Civil Police, a city located in the metropolitan region of Rio Grande do Sul, discovered a criminal estelionate scheme in a hospital that may be linked to organized crime. A woman who pretended to be nursing assistant stole about $ 60,000 from a victim.
The victim reported the case and the police began an operation, called a double -sided double, in August 2024. The woman who would have carried out the theft was arrested in the same month.
During the investigations, several counterfeit documents were discovered at the fake nurse’s house and one of them was a death certificate of one of the most dangerous criminals of Rio Grande do Sul. The man is Maicon Donizete Pires dos Santos, known as “Red Nose”, which has antecedents for trafficking, trafficking, criminal organization and murder.
The main suspect of receiving much of the scam’s money was arrested last Thursday (10) for acting in a loan scheme.
Understand the scheme
The coup was held when a victim, who had his mother admitted to the hospital and was in vulnerable situations, was approached by the alleged health professional. Over the days, a relationship of trust between them was created and the “assistant” asked if the victim had received government assistance and hinted that he could help her receive.
The victim trusted his wife and handed her the bank card. The criminal removed all funds from the victim’s savings account and, when using personal information, increased the credit limit and took a loan of about $ 60,000. The amount was diverted to accounts controlled by the criminal, which caused financial and emotional losses to the victim.
The stolen person reported the case and the police began an investigation. Evidence was collected and in August 2024 searches were conducted at the addresses of the suspects.
Investigations
At the house of the alleged nurse, the main suspicion, were found medical prescriptions, stamps of health professionals and documents that made her undergoing direction in hospitals.
However, what caught the most attention of the police team was the discovery of a death form, which had been fraudulent. The document, stamped and signed by a hospital doctor, described the cause of death as “multiple organ failure” and mentioned a patient who had been referred from the penitentiary with an extensive criminal history that included homicides and drug trafficking.
The death record was an individual known as the leader of a criminal organization of Rio Grande do Sul, of criminal history with twelve homicides. In the form, it was seen that the date of the death of the criminal coincided with that of the release permit, which raised suspicions about the truth of the document and the circumstances of death.
When sought, the doctor who attested to death, said the signature was false and never worked at the hospital mentioned in the document.
Next Steps
The 3rd DP team launched, on Monday (14) the second phase of Operation Double Face with the fulfillment of nine search and seizure warrants in the city of Alvorada, Porto Alegre and Arroio dos Ratos.
Police report that the warrants have been made so that more evidence can be discovered about the crimes committed by the scheme responsible. According to the corporation, the group, in addition to financial fraud, seems to have connections with activities related to organized crime.
This content was originally published in a woman pretends to be a nurse to steal patient money; See scheme on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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