
A woman was preventively arrested in Vargem Grande, Maranhão, on suspicion of embezzlement and bank fraud involving the improper transfer of R$20,000 from the account of a local bakery, initially handled by a third person as an intermediary.
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The investigation investigates a bank fraud involving the improper transfer of R$20,000 from the account of a local bakery in Vargem Grande, Maranhão.
A woman was arrested this Thursday (12), in compliance with a preventive arrest warrant on suspicion of embezzlement, in the municipality of Vargem Grande, in Maranhão. The investigation investigates a bank fraud involving the improper transfer of R$20,000 from the account of a local bakery.
According to the investigations, the money had initially been transferred through the bank account of a third person, used as an intermediary to receive the amounts and subsequently direct the resources to accounts linked to the one under investigation.
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