Within the framework of the investigation of a new pyramid scamthe Investigative Police (PDI) of Santa Fe arrested a 33 year old manalleged responsible for organizing a ponzi scheme in the town of Casilda. In it, they would have invested their savings at least 900 neighbors under the promise of receiving large sums of money.
The procedure was carried out on Thursday in a house located at 3000 Vicente López Street. According to the authorities, the arrested person is the alleged main promoter of Peak Capital Teamthe organization behind the scam.
In detail, the arrested person is a 33 year old man accused of being the leader of Peak Capital Teamthe organization that promoted and ensured a 5% weekly return in dollars through alleged investments in cryptocurrencies and the Stock Market.
The arrest of the suspect was ordered by the Prosecutor’s Office, after various inquiries carried out by the Operational Department of the PDI, Casilda District. During the operation, elements of relevance to the case were seized, which could demonstrate the detainee’s participation in the promotion and attraction of investments for the illegal scheme.
The operation had the support of the Corps Group of Regional Unit IV (URIV), belonging to the Homemade Department. The case is in charge of prosecutor Juan Pablo Bañosof the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPA), Casilda District.
The pyramid scam in Casilda
The councilor of Casilda, Mauricio Maroevichreported that in the Santa Fe town they detected a new pyramid scam. In his words, at least 900 local residents invested under the promise of receiving high sums.
It would be another ponzi schemeusing his basic proposals of low investments with false promises of excessively high profits. It was carried out through a APK (“Android Application Package”) that operates through the name Peak Capital.
In his complaint, the person in charge of the town warned that they found out about the operation of this place about 25 days agowhen their attention was caught by a group of people offering to invest guaranteeing “very high returns”. In detail, they insured an approximate amount of 5% weekly earnings in dollars.
Thus, the councilor carried out the court presentation before the Regional Prosecutor’s Office, explaining that the APK It is not recognized by the National Securities Commission (CNV). Given this, a request was made to Justice to investigate.
“We started to work on the issue and found that There were meetings in different places in the city. They had a WhatsApp group with around 900 people,” said the councilor.
Furthermore, Maroevich explained that in the group “they also A referral system was offered where someone else was incorporated and they gave some type of bonuses to continue investing. All this made us doubt that it was really a legal system.”
Regarding the effective functioning of the investments, the councilor explained that those who had invested received “a Through the WhatsApp group they received a message, an investment alert. “They had a seven-minute window of time where they would have to invest in a cryptocurrency and receive high returns,” he specified.
“We are evaluating making a presentation to Procelac to see if there is any type of crime with the assets side. We are worried about the social impact that this may have, because we are talking about workers or ordinary people who do not have money, but who are going to look for it to invest, seduced by interests,” he concluded.
The San Pedro pyramid scheme: the Rainbow Exchange case
What happened in Casilda is the second pyramid scam that has been uncovered this week. Previously, between 15 and 20 thousand inhabitants of San Pedro fell into a pyramid scam after being deceived through an investment system in fake cryptocurrencies that offered significant short-term returns.
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The lawyer, Adolfo Erdaire, He was the one who began sharing warnings on his social networks so that more people do not fall into this scam. He reported that, if “you invested money in ‘La China'”, as an office “they will advise you, give immediate action and protect your savings”.
There are already 50 victims who asked for his advice in the face of the scandal generated by the platform created and promoted by the Knight Consortium Foundationwhere it was promised that those who entered could double their investments in a month and a half and even offered returns of between 1% and 2% daily in dollars.
Although initially it seemed like a good deal, the victims became suspicious when it began to emerge that the pyramid could collapse. This caused chaos in the city. Many of the neighbors had invested all their savings and among the victims were retirees. “There are people who have not been able to withdraw money for three weeks, By not achieving it, she is worried and that worry led to fear,” Erdaire detailed.
Source: Ambito
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