Two elderly women, aged 66 and 78, were arrested on suspicion of being part of a criminal group that scammed benefits from the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) during a Civil Police operation in Orizona, in the south of Goiás, this Thursday (4). In addition to them, two more suspects were detained – a 40-year-old woman and a 25-year-old young man.
The suspicion of the Civil Police is that the group used false documents to withdraw benefits at bank branches. The scam was discovered after the 66-year-old woman tried to withdraw a benefit with a fake INSS slip, work card and identity. The bank employees called the police after suspecting the veracity of the documents.
The police approached the elderly woman while she was trying to flee in a car, where the others investigated were. According to the corporation, all members of the criminal group are from the municipality of Trindade.
During the approach, the agents found several false documents, in addition to R$ 4.4 thousand in cash. In addition, it was discovered that, before the group was approached by the police, the 78-year-old woman made a withdrawal of RS 2.8 thousand at a bank branch in Urutaí, based on the presentation of false documents.
According to the investigation, the group had been in Orizona for a week. The suspects were arrested in the act, on charges of embezzlement and criminal association.
The images were released by the corporation so that new possible victims of the group can be identified.
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