Group suspected of defrauding salary portability of civil servants and retirees in PA and TO is arrested

Operation Vicário was launched on Thursday (5), in joint action with PC do Tocantins. In total, three court orders were fulfilled in the capital of Pará and Ananindeua, in Greater Belém, and a fourth was executed in Araguaína (TO). The exact number of people arrested was not disclosed.

Investigations indicate that the group used personal data from public servants and retirees to open fictitious bank accounts and, from there, request salary portability without the holders' knowledge.

During the searches, three cell phones were seized. The Court authorized the extraction of data from these devices and the cloud accounts of those being investigated.

To guarantee compensation for the victims, the Court granted, at the request of the Civil Police of Pará, the kidnapping and freezing of assets and valuables of those investigated up to the limit of R$ 20,416.06, the estimated total loss.

Those investigated may face charges of embezzlement through electronic fraud, use of false documents, money laundering and criminal association. The prisoners were taken to the police unit, where they underwent the appropriate procedures. They remain at the disposal of Justice", concluded the delegate.

The Civil Police states that the operation reaffirms the corporation's commitment to repressing property crimes committed in the cyber environment, in cooperation with the civil police of other states.