They cheated with fake visas! This was the amount of money they asked their victims to process the documents – Publinews – 2024-03-14 17:43:42

Yesterday, personnel from the Public Ministry (MP) carried out three raids, inspections, searches and seizure of evidence in properties located in San Miguel Petapa, within the framework of Operation Visas 2.0.

This was a joint effort by the Prosecutor’s Office against Transnational Crimes in coordination with the Department of Criminal Fraud, Residential Security Office (RSO) of the Embassy of the United States of America, the Metropolitan Regional Prosecutor and the Department of Investigations of Financial and Economic Crimes of the National Civil Police.

As a result, the arrest of two people was coordinated, who were identified as Pedro Payes Hernández for the crimes of money laundering, use of falsified documents and self-concealment, and Arcadio Jiménez Siliezar, for the crimes of money laundering or other assets and falsified documents. .

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LOCATION OF CASH

In the raided properties, the authorities detailed that they also located cash, the amount seized amounts to Q362,572.99, in addition to two cell phones, which are of utmost importance to assist in the investigation carried out by the prosecution.

“It was established that the syndicates charged around Q30,000.00 per person, offering falsified supporting documents to process the visas; According to the economic financial analysis of the detainees’ bank accounts, it was possible to establish that their assets had a cash flow that amounted to Q.4,279,254.74,” the authorities highlighted.

MONEY REGISTRATION

Likewise, they detailed that the money entered into the banking system in the accounts of Arcadio Jiménez Eliazar is Q716,153.32, while in those of Pedro Payes Hernández it is Q3,563,101.42.

“The victims of the present case indicated that, when they went to the Embassy of the United States of America to request the visa, the falsity of the documents provided by the accused was evident, which is why the case is being worked on in coordination with RSO” , they pointed out.