Three men and a woman were arrested inSanta Clara, Villa Clara, for several cases of fraud and violent robbery linked to the purchase of foreign currency, according torevealed the official Fuerza del Pueblo profile on social networks.
The source specified that a Cuban resident in the province of Cienfuegos, identified as Anayansi Gato and her son-in-law, Yoandry Pairol, were the first steps in the modus operandi of the scammers.
Pairol was the one who contacted the victims through social networks and took them to a home they had rented to carry out the scam.
Once at the scene, her mother-in-law Anayansi “presented herself as a buyer and upon receiving the money, she left through the back of the house on a motorbike, leaving the victims waiting for their cash.”
On the 29th, a couple was contacted and taken to a house located in the Condado Popular Council, where 500 thousand pesos were stolen from them.
The aforementioned source assures that the victims were attacked by Lázaro “Pichón”, who was also part of the plot. The criminal chain is completed by Yuniel I., who worked as a transporter.
“Based on the complaint made, these fraudsters were detained by the PNR and will have to pay for all the crimes committed,” concluded Fuerza del Pueblo, which did not offer other details about the circumstances in which the alleged criminals were detained.
The source did specify that the home in which the scammers operated was also used “to carry out prohibited games.”
At the time of writing there are no other details about the case.
In February of last year, Cuban authorities announced that they arrested 126 people for robberies with violence and scams using digital networks during 2022, according to the Ministry of the Interior (MININT).
According to a publication by that entity on Twitter, some detainees were involved in robberies with violence and others in the use of digital networks through which they arranged the purchase and sale of currency that later turned into a scam.
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