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PF launches operation against embezzlement at Caixa Econômica Federal in Maceió

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The Federal Police served seven temporary arrest warrants and seven search and seizure warrants in Maceió and Rio Largo, investigating a group suspected of using false documents to open accounts at Caixa Econômica Federal, take out credit and transfer amounts to fraudulent accounts, aiming to hide the illicit origin of the money.

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The Federal Police are investigating a fraud scheme involving the opening of bank accounts with false documents at Caixa Econômica Federal to take out credit and transfer amounts to fraudulent accounts, with the aim of hiding the illicit origin of the money.

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The Federal Police (PF) carried out, this Thursday (3), an operation to investigate possible crimes of embezzlement against Caixa Econômica Federal. Seven temporary arrest warrants and seven search and seizure warrants were issued against targets in Maceió and Rio Largo, in the metropolitan region of the capital.

Investigations indicate that the group used false documents to open seven bank accounts. Four were opened in Caixa Econômica Federal branches, three in Maceió and one in Nazaré da Mata, in the interior of Pernambuco.

According to the police, those investigated would have used the accounts opened at Caixa to contract credit services and transfer the amounts to other fraudulent accounts. The practice would aim to hide the illicit origin of the money.

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