Nine people were arrested by the Police after several operations and raids carried out in the capital of Santa Cruz. Those investigated are linked to scams through the sale of dollars.
This Thursday morning, near the third ring between Alemana and Mutualista avenues, a property was raided where one last member of the gang was arrested. organization of scammers. In addition, computers and other communication elements were seized and will be analyzed by Police experts.
The departmental commander of the Police in Santa Cruz, Colonel Erick Holguín, reported that operations are being carried out in search of the scammers. The work was carried out in conjunction with the ASFI (Financial System Supervision Authority) and the ATT (Telecommunications and Transportation Regulation and Supervision Authority).
“We have been working with reports of scams where individuals hacked WhatsApp accounts, for the sale of foreign currency by depositing into bank accounts, through applications and other modalities. In this case, the “scams are for the sale of dollars”explained the police chief.
He explained that the victims, in search of obtaining foreign currency, contacted this organization that promised to exchange their money into foreign currency. After depositing the money in Bolivians, the criminals lost communication with their victims and did not deliver the foreign currency.
“Its Tand work has allowed us disrupt criminal organizations. In this we presume that they were going to deposit money as a result of scams. “Here we have an arrestee and communication elements have been collected that will be analyzed by Cybercrime personnel,” he explained.
In total, nine people have been arrested for carrying out this type of scam. Victims seek to recover their money deposited with scammers.
“We are going to carry out the evaluation and have a chronology and participation of the perpetrators of the incident. We have arrested among Bolivians and Brazilians. The chain of the criminal organization has been dismantled”, said.
Holguín indicated that the scammers offered to sell dollars, but none of those sales were completed. On the contrary, they carried out the scams, received the money and did not deliver the dollars.
