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São Paulo civil police fraud crackdown

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2026-07-29 19:01 UTC → 2026-07-30 23:50 UTC · added removed

In mid‑July, mid‑July 2026 the Civil Police’s Judicial Police Center in Barretos executed a search warrant at the residence of a 28‑year‑old suspect linked to a scheme that fraudulently advertised judicial real‑estate auctions, seizing auctions. Officers seized phones, documents and banking records. The operation aimed records to map a criminal network that had duped victims across several cities. A week later, officers on 28 July, police from the police’s General Investigation Sector raided a four‑storey building in Guarulhos, uncovering a larger fraud hub that ran multiple scams—fake lawyers, false bank managers fake‑lawyer, fake‑bank‑manager and predatory loans. usurious‑loan scams. The raid yielded dozens operation seized 25 cell phones, eight notebooks, numerous documents, a stock of devices telephone chips and motorcycles four motorcycles, and resulted captured two senior figures who directed the ring. Suspects attempted to destroy evidence, damaging devices on site. In total, 22 individuals – 14 men and eight women – were arrested in flagrante. The premises were equipped with internal and external surveillance cameras, underscoring the arrest organized nature of 22 individuals, indicating a broader, hierarchical gang that the earlier Barretos probe may have been part of. enterprise.

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  1. 2026-07-30 23:50 UTC São Paulo civil police fraud crackdown
  2. 2026-07-29 19:01 UTC São Paulo civil police fraud crackdown

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