Caixa is the victim of the biggest fraud in its history.
Brazilian Federal Police launched an operation on Saturday to dismantle an organization that committed fraud exceeding R$ 70 million against a bank; criminals forged a Mega-Sena lottery ticket with a prize of R$ 73 million, a police chief reported.
247 - The Brazilian state-owned bank Caixa Econômica Federal suffered a fraud exceeding R$ 70 million, the largest in its history, according to the bank itself. The Federal Police launched Operation Éskhara this Saturday, simultaneously in three states, to dismantle the criminal organization responsible for the fraud.
According to the regional executive delegate of the Federal Police superintendency in Tocantins, Almir Clementino Soares, the criminals forged a Mega-Sena lottery ticket with a prize worth R$ 73 million. They opened a checking account in the name of a fictitious winner last December, but according to the Federal Police, neither the lottery draw nor the prize were real.
The branch manager ended up authorizing the payment, which is made through CEF (Caixa Econômica Federal), and was subsequently arrested by the Federal Police. To date, approximately 70% of the amount has been recovered through the freezing of bank accounts belonging to those involved in the scheme.