In a joint operation of the prosecutors of the province of Buenos Aires, this Thursday 70 simultaneous raids were carried out throughout the country, within the framework of investigations for cyber-scamswhich is estimated to have generated an economic damage of more than $25,000,000. In these procedures, the kidnapping of a significant sum of money in pesos and dollars, computers, cell phones, memory cards, flash drives, SIM cards (chips for cell phones), credit and debit cards, and firearms was achieved. Until now 50 people identified and arrested have been reported.
The investigations initiated by complaints before the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the province of Buenos Aires constitute, for the most part, phishing maneuvers and social engineering, which gave rise to fraudulent banking operations denounced by Banco Provincia, an institution that from the beginning collaborated with justice to unravel the maneuvers and find the suspects.
The ordered raids took place in San Pedro, Bahía Blanca, Florencio Varela, Del Viso, Dock Sud, Avellaneda, Ituzaingó, At paymentMoreno, Olivos, Vicente López, Pehuajó, San Martin, San Vicente, Santa Teresita, Luzuriaga and Tolosa, Los Boulevares, Muller, Cosquín, Rio Tercero and Cruz del Eje de Córdoba and Córdoba Capital neighborhoods, Pocitos de San Juan, Bermejo de Chaco, CABA, Cañada de Gómez de Santa Fe, Cerrillos de Salta and José Díaz de Mendoza.
The operation was carried out under the coordination of the MPBA Cybercrime Department, directed by Dr. Gisela Burcatt, with the assistance of the deputy secretary, Dr. Rafael García Borda, dependent on the Secretary of Criminal Policy, Fiscal Coordination and Criminal Investigation of the Attorney General of Buenos Aires, in charge of Dr. Francisco Pont Vergés, in conjunction with the Superintendence of Investigations in Judicial Function of the Ministry of Security of the Province of Buenos Aires, in charge of General Walter Cisneros and the General Directorate of Investigations of the Police of the Province of Córdoba, Commissioner General Alejandro Mercado.
The investigative work was carried out by 15 of the Tax Agents of the province of Buenos Aires, Dr. Martin Laius from Junín; Dr. Florencia Belloc from Lomas de Zamora; dras. Virginia Bravo y Cecilia Corfield of La Plata; Dress. Mariano Leguiza and Mario Walter Prieto of the Judicial Department of Avellaneda-Lanús; Dr. A.S. Gustavo Mascioli and Drs. Dr. Veronica Zamboni of the Dolores Judicial Department; Rodolfo de Lucia of White Bay; Dr. A.S. Hernan Carlos Granda of St. Nicholas; Dr. A.S. Luke Moyano of Blue; Dr. A.S. Nelson Omar Parchment Mastorchio; Dr. A.S. Alexander Musso of San Isidro and Dres. William Sabatini and Jose Luis Cipolletti of Necochea,.
Likewise, it was extremely important for the success of the operation, the collaboration of the Judges of Guarantees of the province of Buenos Aires, of the Judges of Control of the provinces of Córdoba, Jujuy, Mendoza, Chaco, Formosa, Salta, Santa Fe, San Juan and CABA, highlighting the collaboration of the Fiscal Agent of the province of Salta, Dr. Sofía Cornejo Solá, of the Fiscal Agent and Secretary of the province of Córdoba Drs. Franco Pilnik and Javier Vellido and the team of analysts from the Digital Analysis and Investigation Unit of the Judicial Police of the Public Ministry of the province of Buenos Aires.
