Former Banco da Amazônia employee suspected of embezzling R$189,000 from elderly customers is arrested in PA

The Civil Police arrested an employee of Banco da Amazônia in Novo Progresso (PA) this Friday (30). She is suspected of embezzling R$189,000 from elderly people.

The investigations began after an elderly man reported a loss of R$138,977.66. The suspect used the bank's application on her own cell phone.

Bank analyzes revealed another elderly victim with a loss of R$49,950.00. After being removed from the bank, the investigated woman fled to different locations.

The woman was detained at a property and the police carried out two home search warrants. The objective is to track values ​​and identify new stakeholders.

The Civil Police (PC) launched operation Rastro Oculto this Friday (30), which served a preventive arrest warrant and two search and seizure warrants against a former employee of Banco da Amazônia in Novo Progresso, in the southwest of Pará, more than a thousand km from Belém.

According to investigations, the woman is being investigated for embezzlement, entering false data into an information system, embezzlement and money laundering. She is suspected of being part of a scheme to divert financial resources from the banking institution's elderly customers.

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The investigations began after a complaint from an elderly man who identified unauthorized financial transactions in his account, resulting in a loss of R$138,977.66.

According to the investigation, the person under investigation took advantage of the relationship of trust established with the victim to register the banking application on her own cell phone and carry out several fraudulent transactions.

Investigators identified evidence that the suspect had used the victim's resources to make purchases, such as a cell phone valued at R$9,890.00, purchased in the city itself, and boasted a standard of living with several trips.

Breaks of banking and telematic secrecy, authorized by court, also revealed evidence of other victims, including another elderly person who reportedly suffered a loss of R$49,950.00, in addition to other financial transactions that point to possible more victims.

After becoming aware of the investigations and being removed from banking activities, the investigated woman left Novo Progresso and started going to different locations.

The intelligence work identified the suspect in a difficult-to-access riverside region, in Abaetetuba, in the northeast of Pará, where a river operation was organized with the support of the municipality's Homicide Police Station, but the woman was not arrested.

Continuous monitoring also made it possible to locate the person being investigated on the 28th at Belém International Airport, with subsequent trips to Guarulhos (SP) and Sinop (MT), which led to an articulation with the Civil Police of Mato Grosso.

Late Thursday afternoon (29), the woman was located in a rural area of ​​Castelo dos Sonhos, district of Altamira, southwest of Pará, and began to be monitored by police intelligence.

The operational strategy prioritized the arrest in Novo Progresso, a city neighboring Altamira, to allow simultaneous completion of home searches and the seizure of cell phones and other essential elements to identify new victims, possible others involved in the crimes and track the amounts allegedly embezzled.

At around 6:30 am this Friday (30), the Civil Police located and arrested the person being investigated in a property. Subsequently, searches were carried out at two addresses in the city: an apartment on Avenida Jamanxim, in the Rui Pires de Lima neighborhood, and a property on Rua Siébra Maia, in the Jardim Santarém neighborhood.

The investigated remains at the disposal of Justice. Investigations continue to clarify the extent of the alleged scheme, identify other victims and those involved and track the destination of the diverted resources.