Suspect was arrested for money laundering ‘due to the absence of plausible justifications for the possession of the high amounts in kind’
And the one seized $ 700,000 in cash in Boa Vista (RR). The values were found with a man whose bank account received “large amounts from electronic bank theft companies” – hacking of accounts linked to, via access by a software company, on June 30. The coup is investigated by the PF and the prosecutor of São Paulo under the operation Magna Fraus.
According to the PF, the action that led to the arrest of the suspect is “the result of regular exchange of information with the Central Bank and the Council for Financial Activities Control (COAF), which reports atypical transactions to the Federal Police. Caught with the $ 700,000 in a house in the capital of Roraima, the man was arrested for money laundering “due to the absence of plausible justifications for the possession of the high amounts in kind.”
The estimated gap of over R $ 500 million represents the largest electronic fraud ever made against the financial system and has reached settlement accounts of eight banks and institutions. Investigators point out that the action has emptied instant payment bills.
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