🚨🚨Police seize R$$ 5 million in assets from couple suspected of laundering with cryptocurrencies

The couple under investigation was the target of an operation on suspicion of loan sharking, money laundering, and threats to victims through extortion.

November 14, 2024 by Gustavo Bertolucci

The Civil Police of Espirito Santo launched Operation Aggio against a couple suspected of loan sharking, money laundering, and threats of extortion against victims. During the investigation, the police found more than a thousand cryptocurrency transactions through Binance Smart Chain.

The police action took place on the northern coast of Espirito Santo, in the municipality of São Mateus. Although the operation was carried out on November 1, it was only on the 8th of this month that the PCES concluded the investigations.

The investigations indicated that the victims were threatened with death if they did not pay off their debts, and were forced to transfer movable and immovable property as collateral to the suspects. With information from PCES Communications.

Couple made more than a thousand cryptocurrency transactions on Binance Smart Chain, according to police investigation

The head of the Specialized Criminal Investigations Unit (Deic) in São Mateus, officer José Eustáquio, explained that the investigations began in July of this year, after the victims contacted the police, reporting that they were being extorted in connection with loans from loan sharks.

Source: Livecoins