Police launch Operation Reverse Fortune against fraud and money laundering.
The Civil Police launched Operation Reverse Fortune this Thursday (November 5th), an interstate operation to dismantle a criminal organization investigated for electronic fraud and money laundering. The investigation originated from a fraud that caused losses exceeding R$ 1,2 million to a lottery house in Itaara (RS).
According to Metrópoles, the operation mobilizes police forces in ten states and the Federal District. In total, 41 people are suspected of being part of the criminal organization, which used a complex network of financial transactions to disperse illicit funds and hinder the tracking of the money and the identification of the beneficiaries.
Nationwide
The Civil Police of Rio Grande do Sul (PCRS) is conducting the investigations. In Rio de Janeiro, agents of the State Civil Police (PCERJ) are executing one preventive arrest warrant and three search and seizure warrants.
The investigations also extend to the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Ceará, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná and Maranhão, in addition to the Federal District.
The operation has the support of the Cyber Operations Laboratory (Ciberlab), of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. This body is responsible for coordinating between the police forces involved, which allowed for the coordinated execution of judicial warrants nationwide.
