A gang dedicated to unlocking Apple devices stolen abroad and smuggling spare parts was busted by troops of the City Police.
The four members of this criminal group, two Argentines, a Paraguayan and a Venezuelan, They were arrested and brought to justice, charged with violating Law 25,891.
After four simultaneous raids in the Federal Capital and the province of Buenos Aires, they were kidnapped more than 160 cell phones, cutting-edge technological tools.
The investigation began with cyber prevention tasks carried out by the Complex Technological Crimes Division, which detected publications on social networks offering the unlocking of iPhone devices.
They dismantle an international gang dedicated to unlocking and smuggling cell phones
This illegal service was carried out by a criminal organization that used advanced technological tools and iCloud “bypass” techniques to unlock phones stolen abroad, particularly in Brazil and Chile, since they have not been reported in our country to ENACOM. and therefore they are not in the negative band.
Likewise, during the investigations it was established that The devices that could not be unlocked were disassembled, and their parts were sold in different points or were smuggled to countries with lax regulations regarding IMEI blacklists, a maneuver that was detected in clandestine shops and laboratories. located in different parts of CABA and the Buenos Aires suburbs.
With the evidence gathered, the Federal Court number 1 of Morón issued search warrants, through an appeal with the Federal Criminal and Correctional Court number 8 and the Federal Criminal and Correctional Court number 1 of Lomas de Zamora.
They were carried out on 5300 Asunción Street, in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires; and three remaining in the Buenos Aires matches of Esteban Echeverría, Ituzaingó and Monte Grandewhich were carried out simultaneously by the division in charge of the investigation, with collaboration of the Cybercrimes Against the Financial System and External Video divisions, the City Police, and ENACOM personnel.
During the operations, clandestine laboratories fully equipped to commit the crimes investigated were discovered, and among the seized items were found 162 cell phones in violation, 21 devices reported for theft or theft in Brazil, Chile and Argentina; 14 tablets, 27 batteries, 247 modules, 219 cases, 80 internal cell phone boards, 5 notebooks, 2 CPUs, 2 testers, a pendrive and 213,000 pesos in cash.
As for the tools, a multimeter, special screwdrivers for mobile devices of different shapes and sizes, “Flux” syringes for soldering, containers with tin, thermal insulating tape, a piston desoldering pencil, containers with isopropyl alcohol and a removal machine were seized. autoclave bubbles “mechanic iMark 5”.
They also seized a glass separator plate, glue for modules, special spatula kits, two posnet devices, four multipurpose soldering stations, a digital oscilloscope, charging pins, and a digital microscope, which accounts for the high degree of complexity that managed the organization.
Source: Ambito
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