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The Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP), in coordination with the Technical Agency for Criminal Investigation (ATIC), executed this Wednesday the arrest of two former bank employees who impersonated a user to drain funds from their savings.
According to the information provided by the MP, the detainees are Erick Arturo Sánchez Cruz and Alvin Said Zavala Martínez , who face charges for the crimes of aggravated fraud and aggravated identity theft . In addition to a third person involved named Jefry Alexander Silva García , arrested yesterday.
The case arose from the complaint made by the affected party, a resident of Colón and dedicated to livestock farming , in view of the fact that his savings account had debits without his authorization and knowledge, amounting to 705,932.00 lempiras that had been drained from his funds.
Modus operandi of former bank employees
The suspects took advantage of the elderly user when on November 27, 2020, he requested proof of average balances from the banking institution , because he was going to make a purchase.
At that time, the person in charge of issuing the certificate was Alvin Said, while the other defendants played different roles in order to conspire to make the digital withdrawals.
Subsequently, on February 17, 2021, an online banking user was created linked to the subscriber, who did not request this procedure at any time because he always used to do it in person.
In March 2021, the complainant’s daughter became aware of a series of transactions that were carried out from Tegucigalpa between February and March; thus, through an exhaustive investigation, the Prosecutor’s Office was able to uncover the actions of the former bank agents.
