Within the framework of different operations carried out in the city of Cordoba, 16 people were arrested, accused of being part of an illicit association that committed repeated scams using cloned credit cards.
The head of the Department of Economic Crimes of the provincial police, Inspector Commissioner Diego Martinelli, reported that evidence on the crimes under investigation was also seized.
According to the investigation, to commit the scams, the gang falsified identity documents, driver’s licenses and credit cards, with which they made purchases of household items that they then marketed on internet sites.
Likewise, the operations were carried out in person and virtually and they had a structure set up to commit the crimes.
Police sources indicated that printers, computers, color laminators, DNI, driving records, 32 cell phones, 31 posnet, electrical appliances, blank plastic to counterfeit cards and money in pesos and dollars, among other elements, were seized during the raids. .
The detainees were placed at the disposal of the prosecutor for Complex Crimes, Enrique Gavier, who is in charge of the case that is investigated based on several complaints of fraud.