25-year-old student spoke about a supposed investment opportunity. It promised high returns and a money-back guarantee.
A 25-year-old university student was detained by the Judiciary Police; is suspected of having mocked several colleagues em 73 thousand euros (the value may rise), through a scheme based on false financial investments.
According to the (PJ), the suspect will have committed four crimes of qualified fraud, two of simple mockery and an as yet undetermined number of crimes of computer fraud, in an activity that had been taking place since June 2025.
The young man took advantage relations of trust created in the university environment to present to colleagues a alleged investment opportunity on the financial platform Wise.
Promised returns high and guaranteed reimbursement of the capital invested, which led several victims to hand over money to him for this purpose.
After receiving the amounts, the suspect allegedly was late payments and resorted to forged documentation, attributed to financial entities, to justify successive postponements.
According to the PJ, these documents served to support the version that the banco would be block access to accounts or prevent the release of funds, thus prolonging the appearance of legitimacy of the scheme.
The authorities discovered that the money was not invested, but rather diverted to personal expenses and, above all, for platforms bets.
The Judicial Police maintains that the suspect’s mobile is linked to a serious addition to the game, which would last for several years. AND addicted to the game.
This Tuesday, during the execution of search and seizure warrants at home, investigators collected new evidence that points to the continuity of criminal activity and the existence of more victims. One of them, alone, will have suffered losses greater than 20 thousand euros.
The case, shared by , must now proceed to the first judicial interrogation at the Barcelos Court, where the coercive measures applicable to the detainee will be determined.
