Federal Police carry out an operation against fraud in the withdrawal of emergency aid in SP | Saint Paul

In total, five search and seizure warrants and two preventive arrest warrants are executed, all in São Paulo. The arrest warrants were issued by the 7th Criminal Court of the Federal Justice of São Paulo.

According to the PF, the crimes were committed by a criminal association that had been operating for about four years in fraud against various social programs. Among them, Unemployment Insurance and Bolsa Família.

According to the investigation, the group would have appropriated at least 45 emergency aid. Those investigated will be charged with theft and criminal association, and could face up to 11 years in prison.

Also according to the PF, the operation was called “parasites” because of the way in which the criminal organization acted, appropriating the resources allocated by the Federal Government to the low-income population.

According to investigations, public agents with access to CadÚnico were co-opted by the criminal association to alter the data of low-income people included in the aforementioned registry system, in particular the names and addresses of mothers.

The members of the criminal association called the Caixa Econômica Federal service channel and requested that the cards be sent to the fictitious and common addresses registered by the co-opted public agents.

With the help of a postman from the Correos, the cards reached the hands of members of the criminal association.

With the possession of the diverted cards, the members of the association called the URA (Audible Response Unit) of Caixa Econômica and pre-registered their passwords.

The members of this association attended a lottery located in the South Zone and confirmed those passwords, with the help of an employee of the establishment, who received around R $ 30.00 per confirmed password.