Two scammers from the story of the gold nuggets were caught in the afternoon after committing one of their last misdeeds of 2024. They stole the sum of S/ 5 thousand from a young woman who thought she would be carrying out the business of her life.
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Jesús Manuel Herrera Huamán (35) and Víctor Antonio Paredes Cusacani (70) were arrested for the alleged crime against property in the form of fraud to the detriment of Ema Mercedes RM (26).
Genesis Operation on Basadre Avenue
PNP Lieutenant Yaaron Alarcón Limaylla, head of the Terna Group of the PNP in Tacna, indicated that after noon he carried out a “Genesis” operation between Pinto and Jorge Basadre avenues, a commercial area of Tacna, and two people who were part of the gang were intervened. criminal “The traffickers of the south”.
According to the PNP, they saw Herrera and Paredes traveling separately and intercepted people who were circulating along the avenues and streets with the purpose of requesting supposed help to collect money and carry out the sale of “gold nuggets” that in They were actually stones with gold paint.
Scammer pretended to be illiterate
One of the scammers indicated that he was illiterate and did not know the city, so he managed to intercept Ema RM, then he took action against another individual to convince the young woman to buy “gold nuggets.” The victim went to the Interbank entity located on San Martin Street to withdraw the sum of S/ 5 thousand.
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According to police, the suspect Jesús Herrera Huamán (35) had offered him the gold-colored metal objects or “gold nuggets” claiming that he needed to sell them because his father was sick and he needed the money. Víctor Paredes Cusacani (70) then approached to gain the victim’s trust.
They found “gold nuggets”
In Herrera’s personal search they found the sum of S/ 5 thousand and three newspapers containing the “gold nuggets”, notifying the prosecutor on duty Juan Ticona Málaga.
The young woman showed the police the voucher or receipt from the bank that confirmed having withdrawn the S/ 5 thousand that the scammers appropriated.
