They detect a new pyramid scam in Santa Fe

They detect a new pyramid scam in Santa Fe
They detect a new pyramid scam in Santa Fe

The councilor of Casilda, Mauricio Maroevichreported that in the Santa Fe town they detected a new pyramid scam. In his words, at least 900 local residents invested under the promise of receiving high sums.

It would be another ponzi schemeusing his basic proposals of low investments with false promises of excessively high profits. It is a APK (“Android Application Package”) that operates through the name Peak Capital.

In his complaint, the councilor warned that they found out about the operation of this place about 25 days agowhen their attention was caught by a group of people offering to invest guaranteeing “very high returns”. They mean, in an approximate amount, 5% profits in dollars.

Maroevich carried out the court presentation before the Regional Prosecutor’s Office, explaining that the APK It is not recognized by the National Securities Commission (CNV). Given this, a request was made to Justice to investigate.

The words of the councilor

Mauricio Maroevich explained what the procedure was like: “We started to work on the issue and we found that There were meetings in different places in the city. “They had a WhatsApp group with around 900 people.”

Then he specified that “also A referral system was offered where someone else was incorporated and they gave some type of bonuses to continue investing. All this made us doubt that it was really a legal system.”

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They detected another pyramid scam with a Ponzi scheme, this time in the province of Santa Fe.

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“Through the WhatsApp group they received a message, an investment alert. “They had a seven-minute window of time where they would have to invest in a cryptocurrency and receive high returns,” he specified.

Demonstrating his concern, he revealed that “this morning we receive messages from several neighbors “They tell us that they would already be suspending withdrawals for 10 days, which is why we are even more worried,” and added: “Investors receive their returns while there is new incomebut when this income flow is cut off, the pyramids fall and the returns are no longer received and a scam could take shape.”

“We are evaluating making a presentation to Procelac to see if there is any type of crime with the assets side. We are worried about the social impact that this may have, because we are talking about workers or ordinary people who do not have money, but who are going to look for it to invest, seduced by interests,” he concluded.

The San Pedro pyramid scheme: the Rainbow Exchange case

Between 15 and 20 thousand inhabitants of San Pedro fell into a pyramid scam after being deceived through an investment system in fake cryptocurrencies that offered significant short-term returns.

The lawyer, Adolfo Erdaire, He was the one who began sharing warnings on his social networks so that more people do not fall into this scam. He reported that, if “you invested money in ‘La China'”, as an office “they will advise you, give immediate action and protect your savings”.

There are already 50 victims who asked for his advice in the face of the scandal generated by the platform created and promoted by the Knight Consortium Foundationwhere investments were promised to double in a month and a half and even offered returns of between 1% and 2% daily in dollars.

Although initially it seemed like a good deal, the victims became suspicious when it began to emerge that the pyramid could collapse. This caused chaos in the city. Many of the neighbors had invested all their savings and among the victims were retirees.

“There are people who have not been able to withdraw money for three weeks, By not achieving it, she is worried and that worry led to fear,” expressed Erdaire.


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