An operation against million-dollar financial scams in the state of Ceará and three other states was launched on Thursday (16) by the Civil Police of the State of Ceará (PCCE), with search and seizure warrants in Juazeiro do Norte.
Luxury vehicles were seized, and bank accounts of four individuals were frozen.The group members presented themselves on social media as “traders” (financial market investors) and promised returns above the market in investments to sell courses.
They are being investigated for fraud, crimes against the popular economy and consumers, and money laundering.
Caption: Luxury cars were seized by the Civil Police of Ceará Photo: Divulgação/Polícia Civil do CearáThe operation began in January, when the Advanced Intelligence Nucleus (NAI) of the Regional Police Station of Juazeiro do Norte learned about a man, residing in Juazeiro do Norte, in Cariri, who made false financial promises on the internet.
It was found that he did not have authorization from the Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) to operate and also sold automated robots for binary options trading without certification from the Central Bank or CVM.
The other targets are from the states of Goiás, São Paulo, and Santa Catarina. The task force was named Saqqara, in reference to the world’s first step pyramid, in Egypt.
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He sold a course from a company based in Balneário Camboriú, in Santa Catarina, which was responsible for receiving payments, amounting to approximately R$ 1 million.
The scam victims were also required to wait eight days to access the course, in a maneuver aimed at preventing them from regretting the purchase and requesting a refund.
According to the Consumer Protection Code, individuals have up to seven days to request reimbursement.The course buyers were also instructed to open accounts with investment brokers.
One of these companies was actually prohibited from directly or indirectly acquiring clients in Brazilian territory due to a prohibition from the CVM.
