Group worked co -opting company and lottery employees, who received bribes to enable the access of criminals to third party social accounts by Caixa
The (PF), carried out Operation Farra Brasil 14, with the aid of bodies of Caixa Econômica Federal, on the morning of Tuesday (15), to dismantle criminal organization specializing in fraud through the Caixa Tem application. As the investigations revealed, the group acted co -opting Caixa and Loteric employees, who received bribes to enable the access of criminals to third party social accounts by Caixa has. Most victims are the beneficiary of government social programs. The frauds, however, also reach the unemployment insurance of workers, all managed in the application.
In the action, 23 search and seizure warrants were fulfilled in the municipalities of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, São Gonçalo, Maricá, Itaboraí, Macaé and Rio das Ostras. In addition, the Federal Court has imposed various precautionary measures of the arrest for 16 investigated. Investigated people may be responsible for the crimes of criminal organization, qualified theft, active and passive corruption, and insertion of false data in information systems.
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In a statement, Caixa states that it acts jointly with public security agencies in investigations and operations aimed at combating fraud and blows. The bank stresses that the information is considered confidential and passed on exclusively to the Federal Police and other competent bodies. Caixa also points out that it uninterruptedly monitors its products, services and bank transactions to identify and investigate suspicious cases, through strategy and security procedures for the protection of data and operations of its customers, as well as the provision of technologies and specialized teams to protect their processes and service channels.
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Fernando Dias
