A millionaire fraud affected the university of Buenos Aireswho was the victim of a Fraudulent bank maneuver. Judicial investigation is in charge of the FEDERAL TAX EDUARDO TAIANOwho tracks the money movements that were made in September 2024 from National Bank Accounts belonging to Law and Dentistry Faculties.
The scam involved 13 transfers per A total of 1,591,382,140 pesos. It was carried out through an operation known as “MEP transfer.”
According to judicial investigation, those responsible for the scam They simulated being personal of the Treasury Sector of the UBA To issue transfer orders. These orders were initially sent through emails from an apocryphal direction that imitated the University officer: [email protected].
Subsequently, the orders were presented in physical format through a cadet, using Documents with counterfeit signatures of the authorized managers To operate the accounts of the faculties.
In dialogue with InfobaeMatías Ruiz, Secretary of Finance of the UBA, considered that “The scam did not go to the UBA but to the Banco Naciónthe funds were debited of the UBA accounts and are not available now, but We are asking that the judicial case progress so that the silver is restored”.
“It happened that an email arrived directly to the bank without going through the university, the transfer request was made only by mail when it works physically,” he added. “The university does not do operations through this methodthat’s why you are trying to determine Why the bank made the transfer Sautéing these steps, there is no antecedent of such in operations carried out by the University. ”
The official also pointed out that They asked the National Bank to restitution these funds plus interesteven without response. In addition, the official added that “the UBA learned of the maneuver in September last year, Only when he saw the detail of the account with the debt funds”What we did was the judicial complaint and on the other side two internal administrative summariesin the two faculties affected, to see if there was any involved, but nor it follows that there is any responsibility of UBA personnel in these facts ”.
The transferred money was aimed at eight natural persons and two legal persons, identified as Elysium SA and Ekzplodo SA. Besides, The scammers tried to make three additional transfers on September 19, 2024 to Elisyumm Capital S for a total amount of 341,320,000 pesos, although these They did not become realized.
Both the UBA and the Banco Nación have initiated internal investigations to clarify the facts. So far there are four people detained and 17 who are being investigated for the crimes of fraud to the public administration and falsification of documents. The case is in charge of federal judge Sebastián Ramos.
Among other aspects, research must determine If email was not properly verified Used for transfer orders, that is, if it effectively belonged to the client, in this case the two faculties of the UBA that were affected.
The investigation is still ongoing, while the authorities seek to determine the total scope of the network of scammers and Possible safety systems failures that allowed the realization of this maneuver.
