The investigation to find this gang began six months ago after an automotive check carried out in the town of Chacabuco Two individuals were captured with numerous counterfeit $100 bills in their possession.
On that occasion, detectives from the PFA Economic Crimes Department carried out exhaustive investigations that included follow-ups, telephone taps and documentary analysis, through which It was possible to detect all the members of the organization and the roles that each of them fulfilled.
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Embed – Patricia Bullrich on Instagram: “A GANG OF DOLLAR COUNTERFEITERS DISMANTLED 11 arrested! After 5 months of investigation, and following the capture of two people with counterfeit dollars in Chacabuco, PFA agents identified the entire chain criminal: to the “in charge” of printing the bills, to the “wholesale supplier”, to the “passers”, who placed the counterfeit money inside, and to the “front men and lend names”, who provided their virtual accounts to receive payments of the victims. After 12 raids in different parts of the city and interior of Buenos Aires and in Chajarí, Entre Ríos, the criminal organization was dismantled. In addition to the detainees, they seized thousands of fake and genuine pesos and dollars, stamps, stamps. printing, inks and a large amount of elements and documentation that they used to give the appearance of legality to the apocryphal bills. Excellent work by the PFA against the mafias!
Details of the investigation in Entre Ríos
In this way, heThe federal authorities identified the “man in charge” of the printing and preparation of the counterfeit billsto the “wholesale supplier” and to the “passers”, who “placed the counterfeit money in the interior market of Buenos Aires, as well as in the provinces of La Pampa, Entre Ríos and Santa Feoffering the dollars as authentic at a lower price.
It was also possible to verify that there were “front men and lend names” who provided their virtual wallet accounts to receive payments made by the victims.
With this evidence, members of the Currency Counterfeiting Division They carried out 12 raids and arrested the 11 involveddismantling this criminal organization, as well as the graphic chain of the banknotes that, according to experts, were of “high quality.”
In the procedure, more than $30,500 false and 3,270 genuine dollars, 82,000 false Argentine pesos and $811,000 genuine dollars were seized.as well as stamps, offset printing plates, inks and a large number of elements and documentation used to give the appearance of legality to the apocryphal bills.
The Federal Court of Junín of Héctor Plou, the Criminal Secretariat of Dr. Tobías Rueda and the Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Junín of Dr. Eduardo Varas intervened in the case, published R2820.
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