A PCRS (Civil Police of Rio Grande do Sul) carries outthis Friday (31), an operation against a group that extorted victims after photographing their vehicles leaving motels in Porto Alegre (RS) and Metropolitan Region.
Three people were preventively arrestedin the municipalities of Eldorado do Sul, São Leopoldo and Charqueadas, in Rio Grande do Sul.
According to the investigation, the . With these images, people such as full name, phone number and information about family members.
According to the police, the criminals then posed as private detectives and contacted the victims, mainly via WhatsApp.
They claimed to have been. To ensure silence, .
The investigation identified that external operators were connected to a group of criminals imprisoned in different prison units in the city of Charqueadas.
The technical coordinator of the coup, according to the police, is a 32-year-old inmate, imprisoned in Charqueadas since 2016. From inside the prisonhe carried out vehicle and owner data queries. The person under investigation has convictions for extortion, embezzlement, homicide, vehicle theft and illegal possession of a restricted firearm.
In another prison unit in Charqueadas, the investigation identified a nucleus that operated from a single cell. Three inmates worked together to carry out the extortion.
This is the second phase of the operation. In total, eight people have already been arrested, suspected of involvement in the scheme.
