Judicial police arrested four people for money laundering
The Judicial Police (PJ) arrested four people for aggravated fraud, forgery and money laundering, a loss of more than 2,1 million.
In a statement the PJ announced the arrest of four men aged between 22 and 27 year old, the alleged practice of aggravated fraud crimes, forgery and money laundering, the result of an investigation initiated in October 2014.
The PJ has carried out 11 house searches in Évora zones, Lisbon, Setúbal, Faro and Madeira, and seized computer equipment and documents to support evidence of crimes.
Detainees, three Portuguese and one foreign, They are withdrawing money from private accounts and companies, using false data. Another scheme was used to withdraw money from pubic organizations payments to suppliers of state companies, by false data these companies.
The losses are higher and 2 million and 100 thousand euros, and the injured are Municipalities, hospitals, institutes and centers of the state services, in Lisbon, Setúbal. Matosinhos, Maia, Oporto and the Algarve.
The accounts of four individuals PJ seized bank balances worth 1,5 million. Heard in court first interrogation, three are in custody and with periodic presentations to the authorities.
