Detienen a 19 sospechosos de estafar a 700 personas con falsas visas de trabajo de EE.UU.
La banda usaba identificaciones gubernamentales falsas, incluidas tarjetas de seguridad social y residencias permanentes en EE.UU.
TL;DR
- 19 individuals arrested in the U.S., El Salvador, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Colombia.
- The network targeted over 700 victims across 15 countries with fake U.S. work visas.
- Victims were led to believe they were participating in a process to obtain U.S. visas for employment.
- The scammers posed as U.S. agency officials.
- A base in Medellín, Colombia, housed infrastructure for forging documents, including a press with the U.S. Department of State seal.
- The group used fake government IDs such as social security cards and U.S. permanent resident cards.
- Victims transferred between $50,000 and $90,000 to alleged U.S. officials.
- The network scammed at least $2.5 million.
- Three individuals in Colombia (Danna Pamela Porras Marín, Andrés Giraldo Ospina, and Edwin Alberto Correa David) were arrested and requested for extradition by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on charges including wire fraud, money laundering, and visa fraud.