Five men were arrested in the act in Aracaju, Sergipe, suspected of integrating a Gang specializing in elderly scams. The arrest of the group, released on Thursday (24), occurred after complaints about atypical movements in lottery houses of the capital of Sergipe.
The suspects are natural from Jequié, in the interior of Bahia, and would be applying the so -called fake lawyermaintaining contact with elderly victims, especially residents in the Federal District, and convinced them to perform urgent payments.
For this, the criminals generated QR codes of payment in Aracaju lotteries and sent them to the victims. After transactions, They returned to the establishments to withdraw the values via Pix.
According to delegate Gisele Martins, from the Special Tourism Police Station, The scheme raised suspicions among lottery employees due to the repetitive and discreet behavior of those involved. “We received information that there was a group of people working in some lottery houses in the city. This performance caught the attention of owners and employees because of differentiated behavior from other customers,” he said.
The delegate also reported that the group was active in relay, Simulating to be usual customers and performing withdrawals close to the limit allowed by transaction. “They simulated to be usual customers and were performing withdrawals via pix of amounts near the ceiling, which is $ 5,000,” he explained.
When withdrawals were not directly authorized in the lottery, the suspects made transfers to third party accounts And then they shared the values among the group members.
During the police approach, several proof of transactions were found in recent days, adding more than R $ 100 thousand moved. The prisoners will be responsible for the crimes of estelionate, criminal association and money laundering.
Investigations continue to identify other possible victims and scheme branches in other states.
