This Monday morning, the First Specialized Prosecutor’s Office against Organized Crime, together with the National Police, dismantled a criminal group dedicated to financial crimes, through “phishing” and “Sim Swapping” modalities.
Through the operation, whose name is “Sim Swapping”, cash, computers, cell phones, “sim cards”, money counting machines and other evidence were seized, which will be processed by experts from the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (Imelcf ), as part of the investigation.
According to reports, the prosecution realizes that this criminal group, through false documents, requested and obtained the “sim card” of its victim, with which they took control of this line; After gaining control of the telephone line, they carried out fraudulent banking transactions that, in order to corroborate the bank transfer, actually called the criminal network.
So far, in the development of said operation, which was carried out through 14 raids in the provinces of Panama, Colón, Coclé and Panamá Oeste, 11 people have been apprehended, who will be brought by the prosecution before a judge of guarantees in order to request the legalization of his apprehension, formulation of imputation and the corresponding precautionary measures.
