The Federal Police (PF) and the Federal Revenue of Brazil launched, on the morning of this Thursday (16), an operation against a group suspected of carrying out fraud in luxury vehicle financing, tax evasion, ideological forgery and money laundering in the Amazonas and Rio de Janeiro.
According to the PF, the fraudulent operations carried out by the group illegally moved the estimated amount of R$15 million.
The operation, called “Creditum”, carries out 15 search and seizure warrants in the cities of Manaus (AM), Manacapuru (AM) and Rio de Janeiro (RJ) using 60 federal police officers and 15 auditors. The Federal Court also ordered the kidnapping and the unavailability of the movable and immovable assets of those being investigated.
The investigation shows that the targets of the operation obtained, through fraud, various financing for luxury vehicles, with discounts through tax benefits, with the aim of reselling the financed cars to third parties without the knowledge of the banking institution.
Financing was obtained through companies, both in the name of those investigated and in the name of “oranges”. To obtain financing, those investigated falsified documents and had the participation of employees, managers and directors of a financial institution and vehicle dealerships.
The criminal group then passed on luxury vehicles, obtained through fraud, to third-party buyers without transferring ownership, that is, relationships were based on trust.
Hence the name of the operation “creditum”, from the Latin “thing entrusted”.
Those involved may be held responsible for the crimes of obtaining financing through fraud, tax evasion, ideological falsehood and money laundering
