Fraud of more than $700 billion: how the cartel of fake medical licenses operated – 2024-07-08 23:55:48

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2024-07-08 23:55:48

The members of this gang of doctors, led by professionals from Colombia, sold the licenses through social networks, with different rates depending on the type of forecast of the buyer.

This Wednesday, an abbreviated hearing was held for 12 foreign doctors who were part of a network that issued false medical licenses, which was uncovered in 2022, causing a tax fraud of $700 billion.

The members of this band of doctors, led by professionals from Colombia, He sold the licenses through social networks, with different rates depending on the type of forecast the buyer had.

The group was led by Samir Rivaldo Hernandez and his wife Yesica Donado Alviswho achieved such “success” with their modus operandi that they had to hire other doctors to issue more documents.

According to Radio Biobío, The couple set up three shell companies, which issued more than 70 thousand fraudulent medical licenses.

For it, They used WhatsApp and other social networks to attract customers, where the commission for those who found buyers was higher if the license was for several days.

The profits allowed Hernandez to buy two homes in an affluent area of ​​Barranquilla, while his wife bought another house, adding vehicles and other luxury items.

At the time of his arrest by the PDI, They were found with safes containing more than 10 thousand dollars in cash and jewelry, and their current account in Chile had deposits and credits of $1.308 million.

All those arrested were charged with crimes of illicit association, issuing false medical licenses and fraudulently obtaining state subsidies.which is in addition to the request for expulsion of three of the 12 detainees present at the abbreviated procedure hearing.

The trial against Samir Rivaldo Hernández, his wife Yesica Donado Alvis and 15 others involved will begin on July 9.

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