The abbreviated trial followed an investigation led by the prosecutor of the Las Colonias department, Alejandro Benítez, who is investigating an illicit association of which Álvarez was a member. The same, as reported by the Press Office of the MPA, deployed its criminal actions in Córdoba and Santa Fe between August 2020 and May of this year.
The members of the gang called their victims by phone and began a dialogue pretending to be relatives. Next, they were asked to deliver dollars and jewelry after arguing that the foreign currency bills would go out of circulation, so they offered to exchange them for valid bills.
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Specifically, Álvarez was convicted of trying to scam a man on Thursday, May 20. That day, around 11:30 in the morning, they contacted the landline of a house in Esperanza and when the victim answered, one of the gang members told her: “Grandpa, do you remember me?”.
Whoever received the call realized the criminal intent, but continued the conversation as if he had been convinced that he was contacted by his grandson. After cutting off the scammer, the man gave notice of the situation to the police and when the now convicted man appeared at the scene posing as the professional who was supposed to take the victim’s belongings, he was surprised by soldiers who apprehended him a few blocks away. of the house.
As a consequence of his scheme, Álvarez will have to pay different amounts of money: 100,000 pesos to the victim as financial reparation; 250 thousand to the Samco de Esperanza; $ 42,160 to the Animal Protection Association of that locality; 250 thousand to the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Meanwhile, the VW Gol Trend car that the illicit association used to get around was seized.
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