The Federal Police (PF) on Tuesday (02/12) launched Operation Avalop to dismantle a bank fraud scheme that had been operating for months in the Porto Alegre urban area.
The investigation revealed that the group used companies, many of them front companies, to illegally obtain loans and financing from the Caixa Econômica Federal branch in Viamão (RS). A servant from the same agency is suspected of being part of the criminal organization.
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Five search and seizure warrants were executed in Caxias do Sul, Porto Alegre, Viamão, Gravatay and Caciorinha.
The Federal Court also ordered the freezing of bank accounts and the confiscation of the assets of the people under investigation, totaling R$4 million in asset reserve.
According to the National Front, the involvement of the public employee facilitated the scheme by initiating fraudulent transactions, verifying the authenticity of illegal documents and circumventing internal security mechanisms.
The group transferred large sums of money by simulating the financial capacity of the companies used in the fraud.
During the investigation, agents collected items indicating the coordinated work of the group, with tasks divided between collectors, responsible for setting up the “ghost” companies, and internal joints and operators who carried out withdrawals and transfers.
The investigated persons may be held responsible for crimes against the national financial system, active and passive corruption, as well as criminal association.