This Thursday morning (4), the Federal Police carried out an operation against groups suspected of creating clandestine financial institutions to irregularly obtain funds from investors. In total, the action aims to execute 11 search and seizure warrants in homes and companies linked to those being investigated, in Curitiba (PR).
Among the orders issued is the blocking of financial assets which could reach R$66 millionas well as the kidnapping of high-value properties and vehicles, with the aim of guaranteeing future compensation for the victims.
The estimate is that the groups .
According to the police, the groups used companies supposedly linked to the technology area and a “digital bank” to access popular savings, when they offered investment contracts promising fixed profitability, low risk and above the market average.
To investors, the suspects stated that they carried out operations in the financial market with the resources obtained, including on platforms and variable income assets, as a way of justifying the gains they promised. In some cases, the capture of values was contractually linked to algorithms and “artificial intelligence” programs.
The investigations indicate that the “digital bank” and the companies used for the crimes did not have authorization from the CVM (Securities Commission) and BACEN (Brazilian Central Bank) to act as financial institutions or carry out the public offering of investment services.
One of those investigated, identified as the main person responsible for the schemes, fled after the investigation and was ordered into preventive detention by the Federal Court. Days before stopping payments, the suspect made transfers of around R$10 million in order to guarantee the profits from the crimes committed.
The man remains at large, which is why the Court also authorized the inclusion of his arrest warrant in the Interpol Red Diffusion.
Those involved may be liable for crimes against the capital market, embezzlement, crimes against the popular economy, criminal organization and money laundering.
