Police operation against financial crime and money laundering at RN | Rio Grande do Norte

According to PF, the investigation was opened in order to discover that a Ceará-Mirim company had sold some of its units abroad, without the internalization of resources which resulted in Brazil, which could have contributed to the crime of exchange evasion.

In addition, it was reported that the acquisition of real estate units would actually constitute an investment with a guaranteed return percentage, consisting of a fundraising, typical activity of a financial institution for which there was no authorization.

In order to expedite the investigation, field investigations were also conducted. They also consisted of lifting the banking and tax secrecy of the companies targeted by the survey and related companies.

Expertise and financial badysis confirmed that the executives of the suspect company had attracted investors to Singapore, Southeast Asia, to receive money intended for part to companies in Brazil, but not to an acquisition. own funds, but as an investment with a pre-adjusted gain.

Contrary to what was stated at the beginning of the investigation, the group under investigation was much broader in scope as it offered Singapore an investment opportunity related other projects in the cities of Parnamirim, Macaíba and São José de Mipibu, located in the metropolitan area. of Christmas.

The company has therefore raised more than 300 million rand to build 3,516 units, but has only executed one, with a total of 230 units. In the other places, nothing has been built, except for the vacant lots.

"In fact, part of the funds raised in Singapore, which should have been sent to Brazil for the construction of the companies, was paid into a bank account located in Luxembourg in Europe on behalf of the company set up by the company. investigation, revealing that investors in this country had been victims of a coup d 'etat and would never be refunded.As this remittance of resources to tax havens is related to the omission of income and to the resulting tax evasion, the investigation also looks at money laundering, "reinforces the FP>

Finally, during the investigation, the respondents detected a blow State which, under the promise of selling a hotel located Via Costeira in Natal, had received about R $ 40 million, but falsified documents, the purchaser of the property and possession of it. hotel, without paying it back.

The criminal investigation under investigation presents a similar mode of operation and has in common some of the investigations conducted in the framework of the operation Godfather launched in 2014, and the fight against corruption is the only way out. one of the strategic objectives of the PS.