Colombia busts 'Los Cyber' fraud ring, Argentina uncovers narco money‑laundering through online betting

Colombian authorities in a coordinated operation involving the Fiscalía General de la Nación, the National Police and the CTI seized the criminal network known as “Los Cyber”. The group defrauded 94 victims across multiple departments, stealing about 1.6 billion Colombian pesos through spoofed WhatsApp messages and phone calls that pretended to be bank officials. Sixteen members were arrested in raids in Bogotá, Soacha, Ibagué, Filandia and Bucaramanga and face charges including organized crime, illicit enrichment and data violations.

In Argentina, prosecutors linked a registered telephone line to a drug‑trafficking group called Los Menores, led by Lisandro “Limón” Contreras. The line was used to manage illegal online gambling platforms that served as a front for laundering millions of dollars from narcotics proceeds. The investigation revealed a two‑tier operation: street‑level narcotics distribution beneath a sophisticated casino software infrastructure supplied by Compu Tools SRL. Authorities seized weapons and disrupted the gambling network, highlighting the expanding role of digital betting in organized‑crime money‑laundering schemes.